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Webster 1913 Edition

Us

ron.

[OE.

, AS.

[GREEK]s

; akin to OFries. & OS.

[GREEK]s

, D.

ons

, G.

uns

, Icel. & Sw.

oss

, Dan.

, Goth.

uns

, L.

nos

we, us, Gr. [GREEK] we, Skr.

nas

us. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. Cf.

Nostrum

Our

The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; – the objective case of we. See

“Tell us a tale.”

Chaucer.

Give

this day our daily bread.

Matt. vi. 11.

Webster 1828 Edition

Us

US

, pron. objective case of we.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Definition 2024

Us

English

Noun

plural of U

Usage notes

There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

us

See also: Appendix:Variations of "us"

English

Pronunciation

(stressed) enPR: ŭs, IPA^(key): /ʌs/
(unstressed) (US) IPA^(key): /əs/, (UK) IPA^(key): /əs/, /əz/
Rhymes: -ʌs

Pronoun

(personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
(colloquial) Me.

Give us a look at your paper.

Give us your wallet!

Quotations

1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Translations

objective case of "we"

American Sign Language: 1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack
Arabic: ـنَا ‎(-nā)
Egyptian Arabic: ـنا ‎(-naa)
Armenian: մեզ ‎(mez)
Old Armenian: մեզ ‎(mez)
Bengali: আমাদের ‎(amader)
Bislama: yumi, yumitupela (dual inclusive); yumitripela (trial inclusive); yumipela (plural inclusive); mitupela (dual exclusive); mitripela (trial exclusive); mipela (plural exclusive)
Burmese: ကျုပ်တို့ ‎(kyuptui.), တို့ (my) ‎(tui.)
Chamicuro: a'ti
Chinese:

Cantonese: 我哋 ‎(ngo⁵ dei⁶)

Mandarin: 我們 (zh), 我们 (zh) ‎(wǒmen)

Min Nan: 阮 (zh-min-nan) ‎(góan, gún), 咱 (zh-min-nan) ‎(lán), 咱人 (zh-min-nan) ‎(lán-lâng)
Czech: nás, nám (cs)
Dalmatian: noi
Dutch: ons (nl)
Eshtehardi: چَما ‎(ĉamā)
Esperanto: nin (eo)
Ewe: míawo
Finnish: meidät (fi), meitä (fi)
French: nous (fr), à nous
Georgian: ჩვენს ‎(čvens)
German: uns (de)
Greek: μας (el) ‎(mas)
Hopi: itamuy
Hungarian: minket (hu), bennünket
Ido: ni (io)
Interlingua: nos
Irish: sinn pl
Old Irish: n-, don-, -unn
Italian: noi (it), a noi, ci (it)

Japanese: wata (私達) or tachi (私達)
Kazakh: бізді (kk) ‎(bizdi)
Korean: 우리 (ko) ‎(uri)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئێمه‌ (ku)
Latin: (acc) nos (la), (dative) nobis (la), (ablative) nobis (la)
Macedonian: ни ‎(ni), нас ‎(nas), нам ‎(nam)
Malay:

inclusive: kita (ms) pl

exclusive: kami (ms) pl
Ngarrindjeri: ngatjagha
Ngazidja Comorian: sisi
Norn: vus
Norwegian: oss (no)
Old English: unc (ang) du, p ūsiċ pl
Persian: ما (fa) ‎(mā)
Pipil: tech-
Polish: nas (pl), nam (pl), nami
Portuguese: nos (pt)
Romanian: ne (unstressed dative and accusative), nouă (ro) (stressed dative), (pe) noi (stressed accusative)
Russian: нас (ru) pl ‎(nas), нам (ru) pl ‎(nam), на́ми (ru) pl ‎(námi)
Serbo-Croatian: nas (sh)
Slovene: midva (sl) (‘us two’), midve (‘us two women’), mi (sl) (three or more), me (three or more women)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: naju du, nas pl
Spanish: nos (es), nosotros (es), nosotras (es)
Swedish: oss (sv)
Ukrainian: нас (uk) ‎(nas)
Volapük: obis
Welsh: ni
West Frisian: ús (fy)
Zulu: thina

colloquial: me

German: uns (de)

Determiner

The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
It's not good enough for us teachers.

Etymology 2

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

Symbol

Alternative spelling of µs

Etymology 3

Noun

plural of u

Usage notes

There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: must · these · two · #89: us · before · see · over

Anagrams

SU, Su

Catalan

Pronoun

us ‎(proclitic and contracted enclitic, enclitic vos)

you (plural, direct or indirect object)
Contraction of vos.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

French

Etymology

From Old French us, from Latin ūsus.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ys

Noun

us m pl ‎(plural only)

(plural only) mores; traditional practices or manners

Usage notes

Only used in Modern French as us et coutumes ‎(“mores and customs”). Also see the etymologically related usage.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐌿𐍃

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊs/, /uːs/

Pronoun

ûs or us

(personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of uns.
(possesive pronoun) Alternative form of uns.

Declension

Possesive pronoun:

Declension of us

	nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
	Strong declension
Masculine	ûs	ûsen	ûsem(e) (ûsen^note)	ûses
Neuter		ûs	ûsem(e) (ûsen^note)	ûses
Feminine		ûse	ûser(e)
Plural	ûse		ûsen	ûser(e)
	Weak declension
Masculine	ûse	ûsen	ûsen
Neuter		ûse
Feminine		ûsen
Plural	ûsen	ûsen
The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Norman

Etymology

Old French uis.

Noun

us m ‎(plural us)

door

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s, *nes. Cognates include Old Frisian ūs (West Frisian ús), Old Saxon ūs (Low German os, ons), Dutch ons, Old High German uns (German uns), Old Norse oss (Swedish oss), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 ‎(uns). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin nos.

Pronoun

ūs ‎(personal pronoun)

us: accusative or dative plural form of iċ

Old French

Etymology

From Latin usus.

Noun

us m ‎(oblique plural us, nominative singular us, nominative plural us)

tradition or custom

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Pronoun

ūs

Accusative and dative form of wī

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

West Frisian: ús

Turkish

Noun

us ‎(definite accusative usa, plural uslar)

Synonym of akıl

Derived terms

usa vurma metodu

Tz'utujil

Noun

fly (insect)

Volapük

Adverb

there

West Frisian

Pronoun

Alternative form of ús

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Us

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us

us

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French

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Noun

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Gothic

Romanization

Middle Low German

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Norman

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Noun

Old English

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Old French

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Noun

Old Frisian

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Turkish

Noun

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