adjectivedeterminerpronoun

alle

all · everyone

Dieses Wort beschreibt, dass es um jede Person oder jedes Ding in einer Gruppe geht.

Definition & meaning

The word "alle" is a versatile German term primarily used as a pronoun or determiner. It has two main definitions:

Everyone / All: Used to refer to every member of a group or everything in a set. It indicates completeness or totality of a collection of people or objects.
Empty / Finished / Gone: Used colloquially to describe a supply or resource that has been completely consumed, used up, or is no longer available. For example, if a bottle of milk is empty, one might say "Die Milch ist alle."

Grammar & Word origin

Grammatically, "alle" functions as an indefinite pronoun or a determiner. When used to mean "everyone," it is plural. In the sense of "finished," it acts as an adjective or predicative complement, often used without declension.

Historically, "alle" stems from the Old High German word al, meaning "entire" or "every." It is etymologically related to the English word "all."

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms:

For the meaning of "everyone":
- jeder (every/each)
- sämtliche (all/entire)
- die Gesamtheit [?](vocabuo://word/die Gesamtheit) (the entirety)
For the meaning of "finished/empty":
- leer (empty)
- aufgebraucht (used up)
- zu Ende [?](vocabuo://word/zu Ende) (at an end)
- verbraucht (consumed)

Antonyms:

For the meaning of "everyone":
- niemand (nobody)
- keiner (none/no one)
For the meaning of "finished/empty":
- voll (full)
- vorhanden (available/present)
- übrig (leftover)