us
German, noun
us is spelled U-S (2 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written German, the 429th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Us is a German noun meaning “plural of u” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Us is a different word: “plural of U”. With an umlaut, üs is a different word: “plural of ü”. On this page, Üs is a different word: “plural of Ü”.
What does us mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of u
noun
- 1
plural of U
noun
- 1
plural of ü
noun
- 1
plural of Ü
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. die USA betreffend, den USA zugehörig
abbreviation: 1. Ultraschall 2. Unfallschaden 3. United States 4. Unterhaltssicherung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to us
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is us in German?
us appears 200 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).