ourselves

ourselves
pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst
2) refl. uns. See also academic.ru/34615/herself">herself
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pronoun
1) (used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform: We saw ourselves in the mirror.) uns selbst
2) (used to emphasize we, us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc: We ourselves played no part in this.) wir selbst
3) (without help etc: We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.) selbst
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our·selves
[aʊəˈselvz, AM aʊɚˈ-]
pron reflexive
1. after vb/prep (direct object) uns
we enjoyed \ourselves at the party very much wir haben uns auf der Party sehr amüsiert
for this we can only blame \ourselves wir können uns nur selbst die Schuld daran geben
we wanted to make a nice evening for \ourselves wir wollten uns einen gemütlichen Abend machen
we laugh to \ourselves often at the things we hear people say wir lachen oft insgeheim über die Dinge, die wir andere Leute sagen hören
2. (form: we, us) wir
3. (emph: personally) wir persönlich
we will look into the matter \ourselves wir werden uns persönlich um die Angelegenheit kümmern
we invented it \ourselves wir haben es selbst erfunden
we \ourselves realize that there are flaws in the scheme wir sind uns selbst im Klaren darüber, dass der Plan Schwachstellen hat
we want to hear the sound for \ourselves wir wollen das Geräusch selbst hören
4. (alone)
we always do our taxes \ourselves wir machen unsere Steuererklärung immer selbst
we had the swimming pool [all] to \ourselves wir hatten den Swimmingpool [ganz] für uns
[all] by \ourselves [ganz] allein
we can get dressed all by \ourselves now, Mama wir können uns ganz alleine anziehen, Mama
5. (normal)
we'll just have to be \ourselves wir müssen nur ganz natürlich sein
we didn't feel \ourselves wir waren nicht wir selbst
we didn't look \ourselves in those costumes diese Kostüme passten nicht zu uns
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["aʊə'selvz]
pers pron
(dir, indir obj +prep) uns; (emph) selbst → also myself
See:
→ also myself
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ourselves [ˌaʊə(r)ˈselvz] pron
1. reflexiv uns (akk oder dat)
2. intensivierend (wir) selbst:
we did it ourselves wir haben es selbst getan
3. uns selbst:
we brought it for ourselves wir haben es für uns (selbst) mitgebracht
* * *
pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst
2) refl. uns. See also herself
* * *
pron.
uns pron.
uns selbst pron.

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