uns

[ʊns]

/[ʊns]/ pron

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The verdict

“uns” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #85) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#85
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Dativ

Corpus desk

Index DE-uns · uns · German

uns · rank #85 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #85
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH 2

Nearest frequency peer: 2 (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “uns”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “uns” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

uns vs us
67% similar
uns vs up
33% similar
uns vs UV
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for uns
PropertyValue
Headworduns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[ʊns]
Letters3
Frequency rank#85
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “uns” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.unsliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „2“ (#84), „bin“ (#86), „Muss“ (#83). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for uns is neighbouring look-alikes ("us", "up", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ʊns]. Frequency #85 among 2,159 “U” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

uns has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "us", "up", "UV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is uns, spelled U-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Dativ
  2. 2
    Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Akkusativ
  3. 3
    Reflexivpronomen 1. Person Plural
  4. 4
    reziprokes Pronomen 1. Person Plural

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how uns appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie gaben uns genug zu essen und trinken.
  2. Sie nahmen uns mit in die Stadt.

Antonyms

euch

This word in other languages

us(English)nos(Español)nous(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "uns"?
"uns" is spelled U-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊns].
What does "uns" mean?
As a pronoun, "uns" means: Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Dativ
What words are commonly confused with "uns"?
"uns" is commonly confused with "us", "up", "UV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "uns"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uns" is [ʊns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uns" come from?
"uns" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uns", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bin#86vom#88gut#89ihr#72

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list