our

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Belonging to or connected with us.

   We are painting our house this summer.

2. 2
   det

   Belonging to a group, nation, or place that the speaker is part of.

   Our country has a long and proud history.

From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser, unsere (“our”) Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.

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