alle
German, adjective/ˈalə/
alle is spelled A-L-L-E (4 letters) and appears 1,413 times per million words in written German, the 83rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alle is a German adjective meaning “finished; gone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an inflection of all (“all”).
What does alle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialfinished; gone
Die Milch ist alle.
pronoun
- 1
inflection of all (“all”)
- 2
femininenominative/accusative singular feminine
- 3
nominative/accusative plural
determiner
- 1
femininenominative/accusative singular feminine
- 2
nominative/accusative plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. mitteldeutsch und norddeutsch, umgangssprachlich:' leer, nicht mehr vorrätig
unknown: 1. siehe auch: aller, alles, allen, allem
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce alle?
- /ˈalə/
- [ˈalə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alle in German?
alle appears 1,413 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).