German

Noun

Eins f ‎(genitive Eins, plural Einsen)

1. one (digit or figure)

German

Numeral

eins

1. one

   die Nummer eins – the number one

2. (colloquial) one o'clock

   Es ist eins. – It's one [o'clock].

Usage notes

Eins is not used with a following noun; for that, see ein.

Examples:

• eins plus zwei - 1+2
• hundert und eins - 100 and 1
• eins, zwei, drei, vier, ... - 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
  • Absatz eins - paragraph 1

Expressing time:

• um eins - at one o'clock
• nach eins - after one o'clock
• kurz vor eins - short before one o'clock
• ab eins - from one o'clock
• bis eins - until one o'clock
• es ist Punkt eins - it's one o'clock sharp
• halb eins - thirty minutes after twelve o'clock or half-way to one o'clock

But

• ein Uhr - one o'clock

Coordinate terms

Pronoun

eins

1. Alternative form of eines; neuter nominative and accusative 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

1. (somewhat informal) in the constructions "sich eins sein" (to agree) and "eins werden" (to arrive at an agreement)

   Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. – We couldn't find an agreement on the price.

Synonyms

einig (more common)

Icelandic

Adverb

eins

1. alike

Derived terms

• alveg eins (exactly alike, identical)
• undir eins (immediately)

Conjunction

eins

1. used in set phrases

   Hann er eins stór og þú.

   He is as big as you.

Derived terms

• alveg eins og (exactly as)
• eins og
• eins...og (as...as)
• falla eins og flís við rass

Numeral

eins

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