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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Determiner" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Determiner"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Determiner</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Determiner-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Dutch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dutch-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Determiner_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Determiner_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Determiner</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Determiner_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1.2</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Synonyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Synonyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1.2</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1.3</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indonesian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indonesian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Indonesian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Indonesian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Indonesian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Indonesian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Middle Dutch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Middle_Dutch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Middle Dutch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Middle_Dutch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> 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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plautdietsch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Plautdietsch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Plautdietsch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Plautdietsch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Plautdietsch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Samogitian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Samogitian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Samogitian</span> 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lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" title="ons – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="ons" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ons" 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_English" class="extiw" title="w:Singapore English">Singapore</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Malaysian English">Malaysia</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">third-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <span class="inflection-of-conjoined">simple <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a></span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indicative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">indicative</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/on#English" title="on">on</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-son#English" title="-son">-son</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/SON#English" title="SON">SON</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Nos#English" title="Nos">Nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/NSO#English" title="NSO">NSO</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/son#English" title="son">son</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/NOS#English" title="NOS">NOS</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Nos.#English" title="Nos.">Nos.</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nos.#English" title="nos.">nos.</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nos#English" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Son#English" title="Son">Son</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/N%C2%BA%CB%A2#English" title="Nºˢ">Nºˢ</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Afrikaans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Afrikaans phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɔns/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ɔ̃s]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">ons</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_Dutch">ons</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/wiki/uns#Old_Dutch" title="uns">uns</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uns" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uns">*uns</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unsiz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unsiz">*unsiz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronoun">Pronoun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span 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th.outer.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}.mw-parser-output tr.inflection-table-brown-darker td,.mw-parser-output td.inflection-table-brown-darker{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-brown-1)!important}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Afrikaans personal pronouns </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th>subjective </th> <th>objective </th> <th>possessive <br /> determiner </th> <th>possessive <br /> pronoun </th></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="6">singular </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/ek#Afrikaans" title="ek">ek</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/my#Afrikaans" title="my">my</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/myne#Afrikaans" title="myne">myne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jy#Afrikaans" title="jy">jy</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jou#Afrikaans" title="jou">jou</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/joune#Afrikaans" title="joune">joune</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd, formal </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/u#Afrikaans" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/u#Afrikaans" title="u">u</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">3rd </th> <th class="secondary">masc </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hy#Afrikaans" title="hy">hy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hom#Afrikaans" title="hom">hom</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/syne#Afrikaans" title="syne">syne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">fem </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/haar#Afrikaans" title="haar">haar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hare#Afrikaans" title="hare">hare</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">neut </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/dit#Afrikaans" title="dit">dit</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/syne#Afrikaans" title="syne">syne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="3">plural </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/julle#Afrikaans" title="julle">julle</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jul#Afrikaans" title="jul">jul</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/julle#Afrikaans" title="julle">julle</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3rd </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hulle#Afrikaans" title="hulle">hulle</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hul#Afrikaans" title="hul">hul</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hulle#Afrikaans" title="hulle">hulle</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <div style="max-width: 35em"><sup>1</sup> The forms <i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jul#Afrikaans" title="jul">jul</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hul#Afrikaans" title="hul">hul</a></i> are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.</div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">ons</a></i>, inflected <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/onse#Middle_Dutch" title="onse">onse</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/unsa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/unsa (page does not exist)">*unsa</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unseraz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unseraz">*unseraz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/onse#Afrikaans" title="onse">onse</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">archaic</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Determiner">Determiner</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Determiner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="af">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/our" title="our">our</a> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1921</b></span>, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="af">Ruis die stem van <b>ons</b> geliefde, van ons land Suid-Afrika.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">Rises the voice of <b>our</b> beloved, of our country South Africa.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_2">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-purple inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84329832" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Afrikaans personal pronouns </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th>subjective </th> <th>objective </th> <th>possessive <br /> determiner </th> <th>possessive <br /> pronoun </th></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="6">singular </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/ek#Afrikaans" title="ek">ek</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/my#Afrikaans" title="my">my</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/myne#Afrikaans" title="myne">myne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jy#Afrikaans" title="jy">jy</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jou#Afrikaans" title="jou">jou</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/joune#Afrikaans" title="joune">joune</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd, formal </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/u#Afrikaans" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/u#Afrikaans" title="u">u</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">3rd </th> <th class="secondary">masc </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hy#Afrikaans" title="hy">hy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hom#Afrikaans" title="hom">hom</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/syne#Afrikaans" title="syne">syne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">fem </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/haar#Afrikaans" title="haar">haar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hare#Afrikaans" title="hare">hare</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">neut </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/dit#Afrikaans" title="dit">dit</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/sy#Afrikaans" title="sy">sy</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/syne#Afrikaans" title="syne">syne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="3">plural </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/julle#Afrikaans" title="julle">julle</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jul#Afrikaans" title="jul">jul</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/julle#Afrikaans" title="julle">julle</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3rd </th> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hulle#Afrikaans" title="hulle">hulle</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hul#Afrikaans" title="hul">hul</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hulle#Afrikaans" title="hulle">hulle</a> <a href="/wiki/s%27n#Afrikaans" title="s'n">s’n</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <div style="max-width: 35em"><sup>1</sup> The forms <i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/jul#Afrikaans" title="jul">jul</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/hul#Afrikaans" title="hul">hul</a></i> are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.</div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">ons</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/unce#Middle_Dutch" title="unce">unce</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/uncia#Latin" title="uncia">uncia</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="af">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/ounce" title="ounce">ounce</a> (unit of measurement)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɔns/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Nl-ons.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Nl-ons.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/Nl-ons.ogg/Nl-ons.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Nl-ons.ogg" title="File:Nl-ons.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Dutch/%C9%94ns" title="Rhymes:Dutch/ɔns"><span class="IPA">-ɔns</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_Dutch">ons</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/wiki/uns#Old_Dutch" title="uns">uns</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uns" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uns">*uns</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unsiz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unsiz">*unsiz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronoun_2">Pronoun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">ons</strong> (<i>personal</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/us" title="us">us</a> (objective form of <a href="/wiki/wij" title="wij">wij</a> or <a href="/wiki/we" title="we">we</a>) <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">Geef <b>ons</b> heden ons dagelijks brood.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">Give <b>us</b> today our daily bread.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Afrikaans">ons</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Berbice Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="brc"><a href="/wiki/ensi#Berbice_Creole_Dutch" title="ensi">ensi</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li>Jersey Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-jdt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=on%CC%88s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="on̈s (page does not exist)">on̈s</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-jdt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=on%CC%88ns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="on̈ns (page does not exist)">on̈ns</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li>Negerhollands: <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Negerhollands">ons</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=o%E1%B9%85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oṅ (page does not exist)">oṅ</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li>Skepi Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="skw"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Skepi_Creole_Dutch">ons</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/unsa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/unsa (page does not exist)">*unsa</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unseraz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unseraz">*unseraz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Determiner_2">Determiner</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Determiner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">ons</strong> (<i>dependent possessive, inflected form</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></b>, <i>independent possessive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/our" title="our">our</a> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/neuter" title="neuter">neuter</a> <a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">singular</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">Geef ons heden <b>ons</b> dagelijks brood.</i> ― <span class="e-translation">Give us this day <b>our</b> daily bread</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">Ons</i> is the only possessive determiner in contemporary Dutch that inflects for gender and number. It becomes <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></i> before masculines, feminines and all plurals.</li> <li>As an independent possessive pronoun it becomes <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">de/het onze</i> as well, but this in line with the general rules (cf. <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijne#Dutch" title="mijne">mijne</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouwe#Dutch" title="jouwe">jouwe</a></i> etc.).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declension">Declension</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" style="max-width:65em"> <div class="NavHead" style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-3,#CCCCFF);"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_parts_of_speech#Pronouns" title="Appendix:Dutch parts of speech">Dutch personal pronouns</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="overflow:auto"> <table style="border: 1px solid var(--wikt-palette-indigo-3,#CCCCFF); text-align: center; line-height: 125%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" rules="all"> <tbody><tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"> <th> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/subject" title="subject">subject</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/object" title="object">object</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/possessive" title="possessive">possessive</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a><sup>5</sup> </th></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"> <th style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">singular</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/unstressed" title="unstressed">unstr.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"><a href="/wiki/predicative" title="predicative">pred.</a> </th> <th style="width: 11%"> </th> <th style="width: 11%"> </th></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/first_person" title="first person">1st person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ik#Dutch" title="ik">ik</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27k#Dutch" title="'k">'k</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mij#Dutch" title="mij">mij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/me#Dutch" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijn#Dutch" title="mijn">mijn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/m%27n#Dutch" title="m'n">m'n</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijne#Dutch" title="mijne">mijne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/me#Dutch" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijner#Dutch" title="mijner">mijner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/mijns#Dutch" title="mijns">mijns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jij#Dutch" title="jij">jij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jou#Dutch" title="jou">jou</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouw#Dutch" title="jouw">jouw</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouwe#Dutch" title="jouwe">jouwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouwer#Dutch" title="jouwer">jouwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jouws#Dutch" title="jouws">jouws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <small><a href="/wiki/archaic" title="archaic">archaic</a> or <a href="/wiki/regiolectal" title="regiolectal">regiolectal</a></small> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gij#Dutch" title="gij">gij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ge#Dutch" title="ge">ge</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <a href="/wiki/formal" title="formal">formal</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span><sup>7</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> <a href="/wiki/masculine" title="masculine">masculine</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hij#Dutch" title="hij">hij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ie#Dutch" title="ie">ie</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hem#Dutch" title="hem">hem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Dutch" title="'m">'m</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijn#Dutch" title="zijn">zijn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/z%27n#Dutch" title="z'n">z'n</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijne#Dutch" title="zijne">zijne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijner#Dutch" title="zijner">zijner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijns#Dutch" title="zijns">zijns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> <a href="/wiki/feminine" title="feminine">feminine</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zij#Dutch" title="zij">zij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ze#Dutch" title="ze">ze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/haar#Dutch" title="haar">haar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/h%27r#Dutch" title="h'r">h'r</a></span><sup>1</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27r#Dutch" title="'r">'r</a></span><sup>1</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/d%27r#Dutch" title="d'r">d'r</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/haar#Dutch" title="haar">haar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/h%27r#Dutch" title="h'r">h'r</a></span><sup>1</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27r#Dutch" title="'r">'r</a></span><sup>1</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/d%27r#Dutch" title="d'r">d'r</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hare#Dutch" title="hare">hare</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/harer#Dutch" title="harer">harer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/haars#Dutch" title="haars">haars</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> <a href="/wiki/neuter" title="neuter">neuter</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/het#Dutch" title="het">het</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Dutch" title="'t">'t</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/het#Dutch" title="het">het</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Dutch" title="'t">'t</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijn#Dutch" title="zijn">zijn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/z%27n#Dutch" title="z'n">z'n</a></span><sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijne#Dutch" title="zijne">zijne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijner#Dutch" title="zijner">zijner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zijns#Dutch" title="zijns">zijns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF); height: 0.5em"> <th style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-2,#CCCCFF);"><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">plural</a> </th> <td colspan="9"> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/first_person" title="first person">1st person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/wij#Dutch" title="wij">wij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/we#Dutch" title="we">we</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></span><sup>2</sup> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onze#Dutch" title="onze">onze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onzer#Dutch" title="onzer">onzer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onzes#Dutch" title="onzes">onzes</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/jullie#Dutch" title="jullie">jullie</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/je#Dutch" title="je">je</a></span> </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <small><a href="/wiki/archaic" title="archaic">archaic</a> or <a href="/wiki/regiolectal" title="regiolectal">regiolectal</a></small><sup>6</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gij#Dutch" title="gij">gij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ge#Dutch" title="ge">ge</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/second_person" title="second person">2nd person</a> <a href="/wiki/formal" title="formal">formal</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uw#Dutch" title="uw">uw</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwe#Dutch" title="uwe">uwe</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/u#Dutch" title="u">u</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span><sup>7</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uwer#Dutch" title="uwer">uwer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/uws#Dutch" title="uws">uws</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-0,#F2F2FF);"> <td style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF);"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zij#Dutch" title="zij">zij</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ze#Dutch" title="ze">ze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hen#Dutch" title="hen">hen</a></span><sup>3</sup>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hun#Dutch" title="hun">hun</a></span><sup>4</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ze#Dutch" title="ze">ze</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hun#Dutch" title="hun">hun</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hunne#Dutch" title="hunne">hunne</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/zich#Dutch" title="zich">zich</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hunner#Dutch" title="hunner">hunner</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/huns#Dutch" title="huns">huns</a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background: var(--wikt-palette-indigo-1,#E6E6FF)"> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size: smaller; line-height: 1em"><sup>1)</sup> Not as common in written language.<br /><sup>2)</sup> Inflected as an <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_parts_of_speech#Adjectives" title="Appendix:Dutch parts of speech">adjective</a>.<br /><sup>3)</sup> In <a href="/wiki/prescriptivist" title="prescriptivist">prescriptivist</a> use, used only as direct object (<a href="/wiki/accusative" title="accusative">accusative</a>).<br /><sup>4)</sup> In <a href="/wiki/prescriptivist" title="prescriptivist">prescriptivist</a> use, used only as indirect object (<a href="/wiki/dative" title="dative">dative</a>).<br /><sup>5)</sup> Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.<br /><sup>6)</sup> To differentiate from the singular <i>gij</i>, <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gelle#Dutch" title="gelle">gelle</a></span></i> (object form <i>elle</i>) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gijlieden#Dutch" title="gijlieden">gijlieden</a></span></i> and <i><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/gijlui#Dutch" title="gijlui">gijlui</a></span></i> ("you people"). </td> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; font-size: smaller; line-height: 1em"><sup>7)</sup> <i>Zich</i> is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun <i>u</i>, e.g. <i>Meldt u zich aan!</i> 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun <i>u</i> is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. <i>U heeft zich aangemeld.</i> 'You have logged in.' Only <i>u</i> can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. <i>Meld u aan!</i> 'Log in!', where <i>u</i> is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both <i>u</i> and <i>zich</i> are equally possible, e.g. <i>U meldt u/zich aan.</i> 'You log in.' </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3_2">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/unce#Middle_Dutch" title="unce">unce</a></i> (1240), borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/uncia#Latin" title="uncia">uncia</a></i> (a twelfth of a pound) probably via <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/once#Old_French" title="once">once</a></i>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">ons</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl p-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onsen#Dutch" title="onsen">onsen</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl p-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onzen#Dutch" title="onzen">onzen</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl diminutive-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/onsje#Dutch" title="onsje">onsje</a></b> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/metric_ounce" title="metric ounce">metric ounce</a> (100 <a href="/wiki/grams" title="grams">grams</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/hectogram#Dutch" title="hectogram">hectogram</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Caribbean Javanese: <span class="Latn" lang="jvn"><a href="/wiki/os#Caribbean_Javanese" title="os">os</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9#Japanese" title="オンス">オンス</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Papiamentu: <span class="Latn" lang="pap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%B2ns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="òns (page does not exist)">òns</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ons1">Etymologiebank (Dutch)</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indonesian">Indonesian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Indonesian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">ons</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/unce#Middle_Dutch" title="unce">unce</a></i> (1240), borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/uncia#Latin" title="uncia">uncia</a></i> (a twelfth of a pound) probably via <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/once#Old_French" title="once">once</a></i>. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="id">ons</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="id"><strong class="selflink">ons</strong>-<strong class="selflink">ons</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/metric_ounce" title="metric ounce">metric ounce</a> (100 <a href="/wiki/grams" title="grams">grams</a>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ons1">Etymologiebank (Dutch)</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_Dutch">Middle Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Middle Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_3">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="dum">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><span class="inflection-of-conjoined"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#accusative_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">accusative</a><span class="inflection-of-sep">/</span><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dative_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">dative</a></span> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/wi#Middle_Dutch" title="wi">wi</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_3">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">ons</a></span><ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Afrikaans">ons</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Berbice Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="brc"><a href="/wiki/ensi#Berbice_Creole_Dutch" title="ensi">ensi</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Jersey Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-jdt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=on%CC%88s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="on̈s (page does not exist)">on̈s</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gmw-jdt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=on%CC%88ns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="on̈ns (page does not exist)">on̈ns</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Negerhollands: <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Negerhollands">ons</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=o%E1%B9%85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oṅ (page does not exist)">oṅ</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Skepi Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="skw"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Skepi_Creole_Dutch">ons</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul></li> <li>Limburgish: <span class="Latn" lang="li"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B3s#Limburgish" title="ós">ós</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li>Zealandic: <span class="Latn" lang="zea"><a href="/w/index.php?title=o%C3%B4ns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oôns (page does not exist)">oôns</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ones#Middle_English" title="ones">ones</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plautdietsch">Plautdietsch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Plautdietsch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_4">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pdt">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">personal</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#oblique_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">oblique</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="pdt"><a href="/wiki/wie#Plautdietsch" title="wie">wie</a></i></span></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/us#English" title="us">us</a></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">possessive</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/our" title="our">our</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Samogitian">Samogitian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Samogitian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sgs"><a href="/wiki/uns#Samogitian" title="uns">uns</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uncertain. Possibly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_East_Slavic" class="extiw" title="w:Old East Slavic">Old East Slavic</a></span> <i class="Cyrs mention" lang="orv"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8A#Old_East_Slavic" title="онъ">онъ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="orv-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">onŭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_5">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sgs">ons</strong> (<i>feminine counterpart</i> <b class="Latn" lang="sgs"><a href="/wiki/ana#Samogitian" title="ana">ana</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">third-person masculine singular pronoun</span>: <a href="/wiki/he" title="he">he</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“Žemaičių Žodynas”, in <cite>Žemaičių žemė</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://zemaitiuzeme.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/zz_2012_04.pdf#page=23">[1]</a></sup> (overall work in Lithuanian), <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">21</span>:</span> “<span class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="sgs"><b>Ons</b> — jis</span></span>”</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">ons</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite" title="Appendix:Glossary">indefinite</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#genitive_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">genitive</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/o#Swedish" title="o">o</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams_2">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/-son#Swedish" title="-son">-son</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/nos#Swedish" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/sno#Swedish" title="sno">sno</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/son#Swedish" title="son">son</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Turkish">Turkish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Turkish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/once#French" title="once">once</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Turkish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Turkish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈons/</span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="tr">ons</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="tr">ons</strong> (<i>definite accusative</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-tr def|acc|s-form-of" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/onsu#Turkish" title="onsu">onsu</a></b>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-tr nom|p-form-of" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=onslar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="onslar (page does not exist)">onslar</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/ounce" title="ounce">ounce</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sozluk.gov.tr/?ara=ons">ons</a>”, in <cite>Turkish dictionaries</cite>, Türk Dil Kurumu</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevan_Ni%C5%9Fanyan" class="extiw" title="w:Sevan Nişanyan">Nişanyan, Sevan</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">2002–</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=ons&x=0&y=0"><span class="Latn" lang="tr">ons</span></a>”, in <cite>Nişanyan Sözlük</cite></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tr:%C4%B0lhan_Ayverdi" class="extiw" title="w:tr:İlhan Ayverdi">Ayverdi, İlhan</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">2010</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lugatim.com/s/ons"><span class="Latn" lang="tr">ons</span></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tr:Misalli_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_T%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e_S%C3%B6zl%C3%BCk" class="extiw" title="w:tr:Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük">Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük</a></cite>, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tr:Ya%C5%9Far_%C3%87a%C4%9Fbay%C4%B1r" class="extiw" title="w:tr:Yaşar Çağbayır">Çağbayır, Yaşar</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">2007</span>) “<span class="Latn" lang="tr">ons</span>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tr:%C3%96t%C3%BCken_T%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e_S%C3%B6zl%C3%BCk" class="extiw" title="w:tr:Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük">Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük</a></cite> (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/OtukenTurkceSozluk/page/n3578/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">3547</span></a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Volapük"><span id="Volap.C3.BCk"></span>Volapük</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ons&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Volapük"><span>edit</span></a><span 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