uns vs UWG, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“uns” is a pronoun and “UWG” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#85
“uns” frequency rank: #26,209
“UWG” frequency rank: 26294
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	uns	UWG
Definition	Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Dativ	Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb

Letter map: uns vs UWG

Shared letters muted; letters that set uns and UWG apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

uns

3 ch

UWG

Grammar separator: uns vs UWG

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: uns is apronoun and UWGanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uns is recorded at frequency rank #85, classified as apron, pronounced [ʊns]. UWG is at rank #26,209, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 26294, this pair ranks #1,820,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of uns vs UWG

Shared letters: u. Private to "uns": ns. Private to "UWG": gw.

"uns" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "UWG" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "uns" and "UWG" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "uns" is a pronoun and "UWG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "uns" vs "UWG" - which ranks higher?

"uns" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #85 in our German list, against #26,209 for "UWG". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "uns" and "UWG".

Full dictionary entry for "uns" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "UWG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,820,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"uns" and "UWG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs UWG". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,820,299 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.