eins
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃s/
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Noun
eins m pl (plural only)
German
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Cardinal: eins, (before a noun) ein Ordinal: erste Sequence adverb: erstens Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Adverbial: einmal Adverbial abbreviation: 1-mal Multiplier: einfach Multiplier abbreviation: 1-fach Fractional: Ganzes | ||||
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Etymology
From eines, originally the neuter form of ein. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainatō, the singular neuter form of Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aɪ̯ns]
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Numeral
eins
- (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
- die Nummer eins ― the number one
- eins plus zwei ― one plus two
- hundert und eins ― one hundred and one
- Absatz eins ― paragraph one
- (colloquial) one, one o'clock
- Es ist eins. ― It's one [o'clock].
- um eins ― at one
- nach eins ― after one
- kurz vor eins ― shortly before one
- ab eins ― from one [o'clock]
- bis eins ― until one
- Es ist Punkt eins. ― It's one o'clock sharp
- halb eins ― half past twelve (literally, “half one”)
Declension
- In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
m | f | n | ||
nominative | ein | eine | ein | – |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | ein | – |
- In substantival use (that is, without a following noun):
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
m | f | n | ||
nominative | einer | eine | eines eins |
– |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | eines eins |
– |
With the definite article (e.g. der eine):
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
m | f | n | ||
nominative | eine | eine | eine | einen |
genitive | einen | einen | einen | einen |
dative | einen | einen | einen | einen |
accusative | einen | eine | eine | einen |
Coordinate terms
German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
- 1090: Quindezillion
- 1093: Quindezilliarde
- 1096: Sexdezillion
- 1099: Sexdezilliarde
- 10100: Googol
- …
- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
- …
Pronoun
eins
- alternative form of eines: strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of einer
- Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins.
- My sister has a bike and I want one too.
Usage notes
Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.
Adverb
eins
- (somewhat informal) only used in sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)
- Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. ― We couldn't agree on the price.
Synonyms
- einig (more common)
Further reading
- “eins” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eins” in Duden online
- eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeins/
- Rhymes: -eins
Adverb
eins
Derived terms
- alveg eins (“exactly alike, identical”)
- eins og (“similar to, identical to”)
- undir eins (“immediately”)
- falla eins og flís við rass
Conjunction
eins
- equally; as
- Ég ætla að lesa eins hratt og ég get. ― I'm going to read as fast as I can.
- Ég hef aldrei keyrt eins mikið. ― I have never driven that much.
Usage notes
Used with og (“and”) when comparing with something else ("eins mikið og það" ― as much as that).
Derived terms
- eins gott (“you better!”)
Numeral
eins
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.
Adjective
eins (singular and plural eins)
Derived terms
- eins ærend
Determiner
eins
- one's; possessive of ein
References
- “eins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
Inflected form of einn.
Adverb
eins
Descendants
Numeral
eins
Pronoun
eins
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eins”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive