aller-
German, prefix
aller- is spelled A-L-L-E-R (5 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written German, the 429th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aller- is a German prefix meaning “Intensifying prefix for superlatives: very; of them all” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, aller is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von allem, von allen”.
What does aller- mean in English?
prefix
- 1
Intensifying prefix for superlatives: very; of them all
aller- + erste (“first”) → allererste (“very first”)
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. siehe auch: alle, alles, allen, allem
prefix: 1. von allem, von allen
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 aller-
- alle nominative singular feminine
- alles nominative singular neuter
- allen genitive singular masculine
- allem dative singular masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aller-
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aller- in German?
aller- appears 200 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).