eins

Verlan form of sein.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s/

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eins m pl (plural only)

1. (Verlan, slang) tits, boobs

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯ns/, [ʔaɪ̯nt͡s]

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

eins

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

   die Nummer eins ― the number one

   eins plus zwei ― one plus two

   hundert und eins ― one hundred and one

   Absatz eins ― paragraph one

2. (colloquial) one, one o'clock

   Es ist eins. ― It's one [o'clock].

   um eins ― at one

   nach eins ― after one

   kurz vor eins ― shortly before one

   ab eins ― from one [o'clock]

   bis eins ― until one

   Es ist Punkt eins. ― It's one o'clock sharp

   halb eins ― half past twelve (literally, “half one”)

• In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):

• In substantival use (that is, without a following noun):

With the definite article (e.g. der eine):

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.

• Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.

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.

eins

1. (slightly informal) 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.

• “eins” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “eins” in Duden online
• eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈeins/
• Rhymes: -eins

eins

1. alike, identical

• alveg eins (“exactly alike, identical”)
• eins og (“similar to, identical to”)
• undir eins (“immediately”)
• falla eins og flís við rass

eins

1. equally; as

   Ég ætla að lesa eins hratt og ég get. ― I'm going to read as fast as I can.

   Ég hef aldrei keyrt eins mikið. ― I have never driven that much.

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

• eins gott (“you better!”)

eins

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

Inherited from Old Norse eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.

eins (singular and plural eins)

1. same, alike
2. agreed

• eins ærend

eins

1. one's; possessive of ein

• “eins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• eins, isen, isne, neis, nesi, nise, sein, seni, si-en, sine, Sine, snei

Inflected form of einn.

eins

1. alike, in the same way

• Icelandic: eins
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eins

eins

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

eins

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

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

• nesi, sein