one
One thing; one member of a groupOne thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
» There's no one but me here.
Es gibt dort niemand außer mir hier.
Außer mir ist niemand hier.
Здесь кроме меня никого нет.
Тут немає нікого крім мене.
Meaning
5 senses(impersonal, indefinite, pronoun)One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
Any one of the boys.
Every one of the bank’s employees.
(impersonal, pronoun, sometimes)The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.
I am one of the few women who've climbed Everest.
(indefinite, personal, pronoun)Any person (applying to people in general).
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
My neighbor talks to one like a teacher.
man, einer
челове́кčelovék, ну́жноnúžno, нельзя́nelʹzjá
(pronoun)Any person, entity or thing.
"driver", noun: one who drives.
(Manglish, Singlish, uncommon)Used as a relative pronoun at the end of a relative clause.
The bird that make a lot of noise one is gone already.
Examples
36636 sentencesThere's no one but me here.
Тут немає нікого крім мене. — ascolto
ruЗдесь кроме меня никого нет. — sharptoothed
deEs gibt dort niemand außer mir hier. — Felixjp
Let's try to understand one another.
Спробуймо зрозуміти одне одного. — deniko
ruДавай попробуем понять друг друга. — Lenin_1917
deLass uns versuchen, einander zu verstehen. — mauersegler
No one has ever seen God.
Бога ніхто ніколи не бачив. — deniko
ruНикто никогда не видел Бога. — avenelanna
That small one is also mine.
Той менший також мій. — ascolto
ruЭтот маленький тоже мой. — fjay69
deDer kleine da ist auch von mir. — Hans_Adler
No one believed me at first.
Спочатку мені ніхто не повірив. — deniko
ruСначала мне никто не поверил. — pandabear
deAm Anfang hat mir niemand geglaubt. — MUIRIEL
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個/个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle,Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個/个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的 (de) or 個 /个 (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).
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Synonyms
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15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Ellipsis and substitution — Because the lesson uses it