# alles

alles is a German pronoun meaning “everything”.

## In other languages

- Русский: всё
- Українська: усе, все

## Meanings

1. _indefinite_ everything; all
   - Ich habe alles vergessen. — I have forgotten everything.
2. _colloquial_ Used 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

- 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.
- 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.

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