Everything in general; all that matters.
Used in a Sentence
alles
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for alles.
Editorial note
Profit-uber-alles is not some thing that appears out of the ether--somebody has to do it.
Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Everything in general; all that matters.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of alles gathered in one view.
(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
(countable) The totality of one's possessions.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for alles.
noun
Everything in general; all that matters.
noun
(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
noun
(countable) The totality of one's possessions.
noun
(oncology, hematology) Initialism of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. [A type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes.]
Example sentences
Profit-uber-alles is not some thing that appears out of the ether--somebody has to do it.
Compatibility uber alles is not a virtue, even Microsoft gets that these days.
If customisation uber alles is your battle cry, then you'll find no parrallel.
They are protecting their global economic and political order: corporate power, corporate governance, financialization, ueber alles.
It's not the usual one we hear on HN though, which is just libertarian free-market-uber-alles ranting.
Da passt mal wieder alles wie den Arsch auf den Eimer.
Deutschland deutschland uber alles, but with banks instead of tanks.
Rentify (my business) couldn't process credit cards when we raised from Balderton, and the first board mtg of the year was focused on going for growth uber alles.
At this point in time i am starting to think that going back to pre-freedesktop Linux may be better for my ulcer than trying to keep up with the desktop (developers) uber alles threadmill.
Still, I don't buy the reaction that prioritising availability uber alles and designing a system that does not behave exactly like a strongly-consistent key-value store immediately invalidates it for workloads that have high availability requirements and lower consistency needs.
Quote examples
"Free trade uber alles" is exactly the type of thing I'm talking about.
It's so egalitarian of you to not want it to be so, but until women are paid the same and men are taking on equal responsibilities (in aggregate) with the child rearing, the feigned "equality uber alles" cry is the fight song of the MRA.
In truth, I had the same reaction and I expect the downvoters are unacquainted with the associations to Nietzsche's concept of ubermench and its appropriation by the Nazi's as well as the phrase in the German national anthem "Deutschland uber alles" which was mistranslated intentionally by the allies for propaganda purposes (per Wikipedia: German grammar is sufficiently precise to distinguish "über alles" i.e.
You have a curious definition of "leftist." This essay more or less boils down to "technology is awesome, except for the part where it makes the proles restless, someone really ought to figure out some way to fix that." Which is pretty bog-standard 21st century Davos-über-alles capitalist thinking.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use alles in a sentence?
Profit-uber-alles is not some thing that appears out of the ether--somebody has to do it.
What does alles mean?
Everything in general; all that matters.
What part of speech is alles?
alles is commonly used as noun.