alles

alles

See also: allés

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• allz, allias

Etymology

From Middle High German alles, allez, from Old High German allez, allaz, neuter form of al, all (“all”). Cognate with German alles, Dutch alles, West Frisian alles, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 (allata).

Pronoun

alles n (masculine allar, feminine alla, plural alle)

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) all

References

• “alla” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• “alles” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Dutch

Etymology

Genitive of al. May have been influenced by German alles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑləs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: al‧les

Pronoun

alles

1. (indefinite) Everything

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Estonian

Etymology

Derived from ala.

Adverb

alles

1. yet, not before, still, quite recently, already

   Kas alles ei parandatud seda?

   Wasn't it repaired quite recently?

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German alles, allez, from Old High German allez, allaz, neuter form of al, all (“all”), equivalent to all +‎ -es. Compare Low German allns (Allns), Dutch alles, West Frisian alles, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 (allata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaləs/

• Audio

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Pronoun

alles m (neuter alles, feminine alle, plural alle)

1. (indefinite) in singular without a noun (usually alles): everything
2. (indefinite) in singular with a noun: all (the) (+ singular noun)
3. (indefinite) in plural without a noun: everybody, everyone
4. (indefinite) in plural with a noun: all (the) (+ pl. noun)

Examples:

Menschen aus aller Welt = people from all over the world (die Welt, pl. die Welten)

Alles ist gut. = Everything is fine/okay.

Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. = I wish you all the best.

Jetzt ist er aller Verantwortung frei. = Now he is free of all the responsibility.

Alle waren total verständnisvoll. = Everybody's been so understanding.

Inflection

Declension of aller
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	aller	alle	alles	alle
genitive	alles allen	aller	alles allen	aller
dative	allem	aller	allem	allen
accusative	allen	alle	alles	alle

Usage note: the genitive forms in -n are only used when it modifies a noun (also in the genitive) which has a -s ending in the genitive.

Derived terms

• alles in allem
• vor allem
• alles Gute
• alles Gute zum Geburtstag

Further reading

• alles in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈales/, [ˈɑləs]

Pronoun

alles

1. everything

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Middle Dutch

Determiner

alles

1. inflection of al:
   1. masculine genitive singular
   2. neuter genitive singular

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Middle English

Etymology

From all +‎ -es (genitive/adverbial ending).

Adverb

alles

1. totally; altogether
2. all told; in all
3. in some way; somehow; at all; after all

Usage notes

• Also used as a weak emphatic.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

alles

1. genitive of alle

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Old High German

Adverb

alles

1. else
2. thoroughly