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unser

German, determiner/ˈʔʊnzɐ/

unser is a German determiner meaning “our” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a genitive of wir.

What does unser mean in English?

determiner

  1. 1

    our

pronoun

  1. 1

    genitive of wir

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv

pronoun: 1. zeigt den Besitz, das Eigentum oder die Zugehörigkeit einer Person beziehungsweise Sache zu einer Gruppe an, der der Sprecher angehört

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of unser

  • unsere feminine nominative singular
  • unsre feminine nominative singular
  • unseres genitive masculine singular
  • unsers genitive masculine singular
  • unsres genitive masculine singular
  • unserer feminine genitive singular
  • unsrer feminine genitive singular
  • unserem dative masculine singular
  • unserm dative masculine singular
  • unsrem dative masculine singular
  • unseren dative plural
  • unsern dative plural
  • unsren dative plural
  • Unser alternative
  • ich nominative singular
  • wir nominative plural
  • meiner genitive singular
  • mir dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce unser?

  • /ˈʔʊnzɐ/
  • [ˈʊnzɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to unser

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is unser in German?

unser appears 269 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).