alles
everything (direct object of 'overtreft')
/ˈɑləs/indefinite pronoun
Word forms
- base adjective/determiner: al (all)
- inflected form: alle (all)
- plural pronoun (people): allen (everyone, all)
How it is spelled and how it sounds
Double 'll' keeps the preceding 'a' short (/ɑ/), while the unstressed 'e' in the final syllable reduces to a schwa (/ə/).
vallento fallballenballshallenhalls
In connected speech
In connected speech, the final /s/ often voices to [z] before a word starting with a vowel or voiced consonant, as in 'alles is' ([ˈɑləz ɪs]).
In the lessons (1 sentence)
In the frequency dictionary
Core #142
Marked known.