eins

See also: Eins, EINs, and -eins

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Translingual terms borrowed from German#EINSCategory:Translingual terms derived from German#EINS eins (one).

Noun

einsCategory:Translingual lemmas#EINSCategory:Translingual nouns#EINSCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. (chessCategory:mul:Chess#EINS) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the first rank in algebraic notation.

References

Category:mul:One#EINS

French

Etymology

Verlan form of sein.

Pronunciation

Noun

eins m pl (plural only)Category:French lemmas#EINSCategory:French nouns#EINSCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:French masculine nouns#EINSCategory:French pluralia tantum#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. (VerlanCategory:Verlan#EINS, slangCategory:French slang#EINS) tits, boobs

German

German numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction of eines (nominative/accusative neuter of ein), from Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#EINSCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#EINS einez, ultimately from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EINSCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EINS *ainatō, form of *ainaz (one).

Numeral

einsCategory:German lemmas#EINSCategory:German numerals#EINSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. (cardinal numberCategory:German cardinal numbers#EINS) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
    die Nummer einsthe number oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    eins plus zweione plus twoCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    hundert und einsone hundred and oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    Absatz einsparagraph oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
  2. (colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#EINS) one, one o'clock
    Es ist eins.It's one [o'clock].Category:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    um einsat oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    nach einsafter oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    kurz vor einsshortly before oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    ab einsfrom one [o'clock]Category:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    bis einsuntil oneCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    Es ist Punkt eins.It's one o'clock sharpCategory:German terms with usage examples#EINS
    halb einshalf past twelve (literally, “half one”)Category:German terms with usage examples#EINS
Declension
  • In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
Declension of eins
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):
Declension of eins
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):

Coordinate terms

Pronoun

einsCategory:German non-lemma forms#EINSCategory:German pronoun forms#EINSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. 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.
    Category:German terms with usage examples#EINS

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.

Etymology 2

Contraction of eines (genitive neuter of ein), from Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#EINSCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#EINS eines, ultimately from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EINSCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EINS *ainas, form of *ainaz (one). Doublet of einst (once)Category:German doublets#EINS. That this use is an original genitive results from the Middle High German spelling as well as from the fact that those dialects with an unshifted final -t in etymology 1 (Central Franconian, Low Franconian, Low German) invariably have -s here; cf. Dutch eens.

Adverb

einsCategory:German lemmas#EINSCategory:German adverbs#EINSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. (slightly informalCategory:German informal terms#EINS) only used in (sich) eins sein (to agree) and (sich) eins werden (to arrive at an agreement)
    Synonym: (more common) einig
    Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden.
    We couldn't agree on the price.
    Category:German terms with usage examples#EINS

Further reading

  • eins”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
  • eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • eins” in Duden online
  • eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Category:de:One#EINS

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Adverb

einsCategory:Icelandic lemmas#EINSCategory:Icelandic adverbs#EINSCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. alike, identical

Derived terms

Conjunction

einsCategory:Icelandic lemmas#EINSCategory:Icelandic conjunctions#EINSCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. equally; as
    Ég ætla að lesa eins hratt og ég get.I'm going to read as fast as I can.Category:Icelandic terms with usage examples#EINS
    Ég hef aldrei keyrt eins mikið.I have never driven that much.Category:Icelandic terms with usage examples#EINS

Usage notes

Used with og (and) when comparing with something else ("eins mikið og það" ― as much as that).

Derived terms

Numeral

einsCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#EINSCategory:Icelandic numeral forms#EINSCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. genitive masculine singular of einn
  2. genitive neuter singular of einn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#EINS eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.

Adjective

eins (singular and plural eins)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. same, alike
  2. agreed

Derived terms

Determiner

einsCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk determiners#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk possessive determiners#EINSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. one's; possessive of ein

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

Inflected form of einn.

Adverb

einsCategory:Old Norse lemmas#EINSCategory:Old Norse adverbs#EINSCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. alike, in the same way

Descendants

Numeral

einsCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#EINSCategory:Old Norse numeral forms#EINSCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. masculine genitive singular of einn
  2. neuter genitive singular of einn

Pronoun

einsCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#EINSCategory:Old Norse pronoun forms#EINSCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#EINSCategory:Pages with entries#EINSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#EINS

  1. strong masculine genitive singular of einn
  2. strong neuter genitive singular of einn

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eins”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Anagrams

Category:French 1-syllable words Category:French lemmas Category:French masculine nouns Category:French nouns Category:French pluralia tantum Category:French slang Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:French terms with audio pronunciation Category:German 1-syllable words Category:German adverbs Category:German cardinal numbers Category:German colloquialisms Category:German doublets Category:German informal terms Category:German lemmas Category:German non-lemma forms Category:German numerals Category:German pronoun forms Category:German terms derived from Middle High German Category:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:German terms inherited from Middle High German Category:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:German terms with IPA pronunciation Category:German terms with audio pronunciation Category:German terms with usage examples Category:Icelandic 1-syllable words Category:Icelandic adverbs Category:Icelandic conjunctions Category:Icelandic lemmas Category:Icelandic non-lemma forms Category:Icelandic numeral forms Category:Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Icelandic terms with usage examples Category:Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives Category:Norwegian Nynorsk determiners Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas Category:Norwegian Nynorsk possessive determiners Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse Category:Old Norse adverbs Category:Old Norse lemmas Category:Old Norse non-lemma forms Category:Old Norse numeral forms Category:Old Norse pronoun forms Category:Pages with 6 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Icelandic/eins Category:Rhymes:Icelandic/eins/1 syllable Category:Translingual lemmas Category:Translingual nouns Category:Translingual terms borrowed from German Category:Translingual terms derived from German Category:Verlan Category:de:One Category:mul:Chess Category:mul:One