Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yinz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
yinz
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

You.

American usage

Etymology

Contraction of you + ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

Synonyms

the list of other second-person pronouns in Thesaurus:you

Questions

What does yinz mean?
You.
Where does yinz come from?
Contraction of you + ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens.

How to pronounce yinz

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