Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé
Proto-Germanic *uns
Old English ūs
Middle English us
English us
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
Meanings
Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (objective case).
It's not good enough for us teachers.
(proscribed) Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as constituting or belonging to the stated category of people (subjective case).
Us gays and lesbians in here got a reason to be bitching about the conditions. 1988 February 7, Mike Riegle, quoting John Royal, “Why Does GCN Have A Prisoner Project?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 10:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé
Proto-Germanic *uns
Old English ūs
Middle English us
English us
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
Meanings
(informal) The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé
Proto-Germanic *uns
Old English ūs
Middle English us
English us
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥swé, alteration of *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed when used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German uns, us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).
Meanings
(personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
Don't treat us like idiots.
(personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us... 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:
Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
(personal, pronoun) We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula
Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.
(personal, pronoun) Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.
It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.
(personal, pronoun) People in general.
Grief ages us.
(colloquial, personal, pronoun) The person(s) being addressed.
Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
(colloquial, personal, pronoun) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ...
(Commonwealth, colloquial, personal, pronoun, qualifier:get; fetch; get; fetch, usually, with certain verbs such as give) Me.
(talking to oneself) Now then ... let me see ... I hope I'm doing this right ... if we just connect these two wires together ... if it gives us a shock then ... Ow!
Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
Give us a look at your paper.
She's turned the weans against us!
(Northumbria, personal, pronoun) Me (in all contexts).
hop itamuy (objective case of "we") · cs nám (objective case of "we") · de mir (colloquial: me) · zu thina (objective case of "we") · ang ūs (objective case of "we") · yue 我哋 (objective case of "we") · nn oss (objective case of "we") · bn আমাদের (objective case of "we") · bi yumitripela (objective case of "we") · sh nas (objective case of "we") · pl nas (objective case of "we") · esh چَما (objective case of "we") · ccc a'ti (objective case of "we") · sga n- (objective case of "we") · pt nos (objective case of "we") · ko 우리 (objective case of "we") · hu bennünket (objective case of "we") · sl me (objective case of "we") · arz ـنا (objective case of "we") · my တို့ (objective case of "we") · ja 私達 (objective case of "we") · la nobis (objective case of "we") · mi tāua (objective case of "we") · ga sinn (objective case of "we") · nan-hbl 咱 (objective case of "we") · uk нам (objective case of "we") · es nosotros (objective case of "we") · it noi (objective case of "we") · sga -unn (objective case of "we") · bi yumitupela (objective case of "we") · nan-hbl 咱人 (objective case of "we") · bi yumipela (objective case of "we") · ro nouă (objective case of "we") · ee míawo (objective case of "we") · ru нам (objective case of "we") · ckb ئێمە (objective case of "we") · ktu beto (objective case of "we") · nds üsseck (objective case of "we") · de uns (objective case of "we") · ca mos (objective case of "we") · sl midve (objective case of "we") · cmn 我們 /我们 (objective case of "we") · mk нам (objective case of "we") · la nos (objective case of "we") · nds uns (objective case of "we") · pl nam (objective case of "we") · fr nous (objective case of "we") · fi meitä (objective case of "we") · wo nu (objective case of "we") · es nosotras (objective case of "we") · nb oss (objective case of "we") · nan-hbl 阮 (objective case of "we") · bi mipela (objective case of "we") · es nos (objective case of "we") · mi māua (objective case of "we") · sl mi (objective case of "we") · gd sinn (objective case of "we") · ar إِيَّانَا (objective case of "we") · nds üsch (objective case of "we") · la nobis (objective case of "we") · ar ـنَا (objective case of "we") · ca nos (objective case of "we") · mk ни (objective case of "we") · ro (pe) noi (objective case of "we") · ms kami (objective case of "we") · mi tātau (objective case of "we") · hy մեզ (objective case of "we") · dlm noi (objective case of "we") · ru на́ми (objective case of "we") · ln bísó (objective case of "we") · ia nos (objective case of "we") · nay ngatjagha (objective case of "we") · eo nin (objective case of "we") · kk бізді (objective case of "we") · fi meidät (objective case of "we") · hu minket (objective case of "we") · mi tātou (objective case of "we") · fr à nous (objective case of "we") · cs nás (objective case of "we") · ppl tech- (objective case of "we") · uk нас (objective case of "we") · mk нас (objective case of "we") · it a noi (objective case of "we") · sga don- (objective case of "we") · ca ens (objective case of "we") · bi yumi (objective case of "we") · ms kita (objective case of "we") · ru нас (objective case of "we") · mi mātau (objective case of "we") · it ci (objective case of "we") · fy ús (objective case of "we") · bi mitupela (objective case of "we") · de mich (colloquial: me) · my ကျုပ်တို့ (objective case of "we") · el μας (objective case of "we") · mi mātou (objective case of "we") · xcl մեզ (objective case of "we") · vo obis (objective case of "we") · te మమ్మల్ని (objective case of "we") · zdj sisi (objective case of "we") · dsb nas (objective case of "we") · sv oss (objective case of "we") · nrn vus (objective case of "we") · kea nu (objective case of "we") · bi mitripela (objective case of "we") · sl midva (objective case of "we") · pl nami (objective case of "we") · fa ما (objective case of "we") · cy ni (objective case of "we") · io ni (objective case of "we") · nl ons (objective case of "we") · ka ჩვენს (objective case of "we") · ro ne (objective case of "we") · dsb naju du (objective case of "we")
us en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, rare) Alternative form of u's.