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eins.

one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)

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Meaning & usage

num/aɪ̯ns/[ʔaɪ̯nt͡s]
  1. one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)

    cardinal · numeral
    die Nummer eins
    eins plus zwei
  2. one, one o'clock

    colloquial
    Es ist eins.
    um eins
Where this word comes from

Contraction of eines (nominative/accusative neuter of ein), from Middle High German einez, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainatō, form of *ainaz (“one”).

adv/aɪ̯ns/[ʔaɪ̯nt͡s]
  1. only used in (sich) eins sein (“to agree”) and (sich) eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)

    Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden.
Where this word comes from

Contraction of eines (genitive neuter of ein), from Middle High German eines, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainas, form of *ainaz (“one”). Doublet of einst (“once”). 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.

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