This is the 1460th most frequent Dutch word.
ons
"Ons" means "us" or "our" in English, depending on the context.
Here, 'ons' is a possessive pronoun referring to 'our', indicating that the house belongs to the speaker and their group (1st person plural).
Ons huis is groot en gezellig.
Our house is big and cozy.
In this sentence, 'ons' is part of the reflexive pronoun 'onszelf', used to describe that the action was performed by the subject upon itself.
We hebben het voor onszelf gedaan.
We did it for ourselves.
Here, 'ons' functions as an object pronoun, indicating the indirect object (the receiver of the action) in the sentence.