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Meanings

  1. indefiniteeverything; all

    Ich habe alles vergessen.I have forgotten everything.

  2. colloquialUsed with an interrogative to express that the answer probably covers more than one item, like dialectal English all.

    Wer war alles schon mal in Spanien?Who all has ever been to Spain?

Examples

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Er tat das alles nur für sich.He did that all for himself.
Das ist alles sehr neu für mich.It's all very new to me.
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Tom tut alles, was wir ihm sagen.Tom does anything we tell him.
Sie tut alles, was wir ihr sagen.She does anything we tell her.
Alles, was ich habe, ist ein Buch.All I have is a book.
Ich werde alles tun, was ich kann.I'll do all I can.
Ich gebe dir alles, was du willst.I will give you whatever you want.
Alles was du tun kannst ist warten.All you can do is to wait.
Tom hat alles getan, was er konnte.Tom did all he could.
Er hat alles verloren, was er besaß.He lost everything he owned.