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Dutch
Etymology
From earlier altemaal, from Middle Dutch altemȃle (“all at once; altogether”). Compare helemaal and German allemal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑləˌmaːl/, ,
- Hyphenation: al‧le‧maal
Pronoun
allemaal
- all, everyone
We doen het allemaal.- We're doing it all.
We doen het allemaal.- We're all doing it.
Usage notes
Despite its status as a pronoun, allemaal can not serve as a subject in a sentence - in such cases it complements another pronoun. It can, however, serve as an object.
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