allemal
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaləˌmaːl/, /ˌaləˈmaːl/
Adverb
allemal
- at any rate, at all events, by far
- Ich kann allemal besser Französisch als du.
- At all events, I know better French than you do.
- Ich kann allemal besser Französisch als du.
- (formal, poetic) always
- Er hat allemal versagt.
- He always failed.
- Er hat allemal versagt.
- (old spelling) all times, each time, every time
- Er hat dreimal geschossen und allemal daneben.
- He shot three times and each time off target.
- Er hat dreimal geschossen und allemal daneben.
Usage notes
In the latter case, when meaning “all times, each time”, contemporary spelling requires alle Mal (or alle Male) to be spelt as two separate words. A violation of this rule is, however, not likely to be a cardinal error since separating the sense of “always” from that of “each time” is quite difficult, and often arbitrary. More at Mal.
Further reading
- allemal in Duden online
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