allein

German

Etymology

From Middle High German al-ein. Cognate with Middle English al-one, English alone.[1]

Alternative forms
  • alleine (chiefly colloquial, only occasionally in writing)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈlaɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Adjective

allein (not comparable)

  1. (only predicative) alone
    Er ist ganz allein.
    He is all alone.

Declension
Declension of allein
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist allein sie ist allein es ist allein sie sind allein
strong declension
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weak declension
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mixed declension
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Adverb

allein

  1. alone
    Er schrieb das Buch allein.
    He wrote the book alone.
    Allein im Jahr 2012 starben 500 Menschen an der Krankheit.
    In 2012 alone, 500 people died from the illness.
  2. (formal, literary) only
    Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen.
    Only a miracle can help us now.

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See also

References
  1. allein in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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