all
German, determiner
all is spelled A-L-L (3 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written German, the 547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). All is a German determiner meaning “all” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, All is a different word: “cosmos”.
What does all mean in English?
determiner
- 1
all
Alle Menschen sind gleich.
- 2
every (in time intervals, with plural noun)
Wir treffen uns alle zwei Wochen.
noun
- 1
neutercosmos
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. allegro 2. alleinig 3. alliiert
pronoun: 1. drückt aus, dass die Gesamtheit, die Allgemeinheit gemeint ist
noun: 1. Weltall
abbreviation: 1. akute lymphatische Leukämie bzw. akute lymphoblastische Leukämie
prefix: 1. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement, das stattallo-Wörter bildet, wenn das Grundwort mit einem Vokal beginnt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of all
- aller masculine nominative singular
- alle feminine nominative singular
- alles neuter nominative singular
- allen genitive masculine singular
- allem dative masculine singular
- Alls genitive
- allo alternative
- allo- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to all
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is all in German?
all appears 158 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).