allerhand

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German

Etymology

Univerbation of Middle High German aller hande.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɐhant/, /alɐˈhant/
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

allerhand (indeclinable)

  1. all sorts of
    Das ist ja allerhand!That's quite something!
    • 1787, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther [The Sorrows of Young Werther]‎, volume 1:
      Sie sind vertraut, erzählen mir allerhand, und besonders ergetze ich mich an ihren Leidenschaften und simpeln Ausbrüchen des Begehrens, wenn mehr Kinder aus dem Dorfe sich versammeln.
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    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 10:
      Das Schnitzwerk seines Gesimses stellte kleine, pausbäckige Engelchen dar, die zwischen allerhand Schnörkeln, wie in einem Irrgarten gefangen saßen.
      The carving of its moulding depicted small, chubby-faced little angels, which sat between all sorts of embellishments, like trapped in a maze.

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • allerhand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • allerhand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • allerhand” in Duden online