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ons.

us; first-person plural objective personal pronoun

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

pron/ɔns/[õs]Netherlands
  1. us; first-person plural objective personal pronoun

    Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood.
  2. ourselves; first-person plural reflexive pronoun

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

det/ɔns/[õs]Netherlands
  1. our; first-person plural possessive determiner

    dependent · possessive
    Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood.
Where this word comes from

From Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

noun/ɔns/[õs]Netherlands
  1. metric ounce (100 grams)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.

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