# onze
## Aragonese
### Numeral

onze
* Superseded spelling of once.

### References

* “once”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūndecim (“eleven”), equivalent to unus (“one”) and decem (“ten”). Compare Occitan onze.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈon.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈon.ze]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -onze

### Numeral

onze m or f
* (cardinal number) eleven

### Noun

onze m (plural onzes)
* eleven

### Further reading

* “onze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “onze”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “onze” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “onze” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔnzə/
* Audio:(file)

### Determiner

onze
* inflected form of ons
    Used with masculine/feminine singulars and all plurals.
       Dit zijn onze dochter en onze zoon. ― This is our daughter and our son.
       Dit zijn onze kinderen. ― These are our children.

### Pronoun

onze (personal plural onzen)
* non-attributive form of ons; ours
    Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of the noun.
       Die auto is de onze. ― That car is our one. / That car is ours.
       Dat huis is het onze. ― That house is our one. / That house is ours.
       Dat is de/het onze. ― That is our one. / That is ours.

#### Declension

| | subject | subject | object | object | possessive | possessive | possessive | reflexive | genitive$^5$ |
| singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | | |
| 1st person | ik | 'k$^1$ | mij | me | mijn | m'n$^1$ | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie$^1$ | hem | 'm$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | hare | zich | harer, haars |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't$^1$ | het | 't$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| plural | | | | | | | | | |
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze$^2$ | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal$^6$ | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen$^3$, hun$^4$ | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
| $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' |

#### See also

* wij

### Anagrams

* zoen

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin undecim.

### Numeral

onze (invariable) (ORB, broad)
* eleven

### References

* onze in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* onze in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French unze, onze (“eleven”), from Old French onze, from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̃z/
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

onze (invariable)
* eleven

#### Usage notes

This word is treated as if it has an aspirated h despite being unwritten with an h.

#### Derived terms

* onzième

#### Descendants

* Louisiana Creole: onz

### Further reading

* “onze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Enzo, zone, zoné

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.

### Numeral

onze (reintegrationist norm)
* eleven

### Further reading

* “onze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim. Cognate with Spanish once.

### Numeral

onze (Hebrew spelling אונזי)
* eleven (11) [16th c.]
** 1553, “Exodo, XXXVI”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎, page 68:E hizo cortinas de cabreño para tienda ſobre el tabernaculo, onze cortinas hizo à ellas. Longura de la cortina la vna treinta con el cobdo, y quatro cobdos anchura de la cortina la vna; medida vnà à onze cortinas.And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
** 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 276:I ala onze [6 AM], ala turka, vinyeron en grande akompanyamyento delos askyeres turkos adelantre i detras, kompanyas de soldados de kada nasyon ke fueron dezbarkados delas naves, djunto todos los viche-amirales i komandantes, i ofisyeres de kada nave ke se topo en muestro porto.And at eleven [6 A.M.], a great escort of Turkish soldiers came ahead of and behind the Turk; companies of soldiers from every nation disembarked from the ships, together with all the vice-admirals, commanders, and officers from every ship found in our port.

### References

* ↑ “onze”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Middle French
### Numeral

onze
* Alternative form of unze

## Mirandese
### Etymology

Derived from Latin ūndecim.

### Numeral

onze
* eleven

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* aonze (Guernsey)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French onze, from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Numeral

onze
* (Jersey) eleven

## Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

onze
* eleven

#### Related terms

* onzen

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 693.

## Old French

cardinal number :
| 11 | Previous: | dis |
| 11 | Next: | douze |

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ̃n.d͡zə/

### Numeral

onze
* eleven

#### Descendants

* Middle French: onze, unze
** French: onze
* Norman: onze
* Walloon: onze

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* honze, onçe, onse

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūndecim.

### Numeral

onze
* eleven (11)

#### Descendants

* Galician: once, onze
* Portuguese: onze

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “onze”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “onze”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “onze”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* onçe, ondze

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūndecim.

### Numeral

onze
* eleven (11)

#### Descendants

* Ladino: onze, אונזי
* Spanish: once

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “onze”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 369

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈõ.zi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈõ.zi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈõ.ze/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈõ.zɨ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: on‧ze

### Numeral

onze m or f
* eleven

#### Derived terms

* onzenar
* onzenário
* onzenear
* onzeneiro
* onzenice
* onzeno
* undécimo

### Noun

onze m (plural onzes)
* eleven
* (soccer) eleven (a football team of eleven players)
    Synonym: plantel
    o onze inicial ― the starting eleven

## Spanish
### Numeral

onze
* Obsolete spelling of once.

## Walloon
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French onze, from Latin ūndecim.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɔ̃s/

### Numeral

onze
* eleven