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German determiner · CEFR B1

all

Meaning in English: all

Rank 779 of 5,000determinerLevel B16 forms in the list

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Example

Nach all den Jahren sieht er noch genauso aus.

After all these years he still looks the same.

Forms of all in the top 5,000

These forms of all are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

alle#67
all, everyoneA1

Alle haben sich auf die Ferien gefreut.
Everyone was looking forward to the holidays.

allem#160
all (dative); vor allem = above allB1

Ich mag Obst, vor allem Erdbeeren.
I like fruit, especially strawberries.

alles#189
everything, allA1

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Happy birthday!

allen#191
all (dative plural)A2

Ich danke euch allen für die Hilfe.
Thank you all for your help.

aller#323
of all (genitive plural)B1

Das ist der schönste Tag aller Zeiten.
This is the best day of all time.

How common is all?

all is number 779 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 114 times per million words — about once every 8,700 words. Its most frequent form is alle (#67).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 775großerbig, great
  2. 776unterschiedlichendifferent, various
  3. 777offenbarapparently, evidently
  4. 778Punktepoints
  5. 779allall
  6. 780entstehenarise, come about, be created
  7. 781teilteshared, divided
  8. 782die Qualitätquality
  9. 783die Verantwortungresponsibility

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