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Definition 2025
allein
allein
German
Alternative forms
- alleine (chiefly colloquial, only occasionally in writing)
Adjective
allein (not comparable)
- (only predicative) alone
- Er ist ganz allein.
- He is all alone.
- Er ist ganz allein.
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 (without article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
Adverb
allein
- 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.
- Er schrieb das Buch allein.
- (formal, poetic) only
- Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen.
- Only a wonder can help us now.
- Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- alleinerziehend