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German
Etymology
Univerbation of Middle High German aller hande.
Pronunciation
Adjective
allerhand (indeclinable)
- all sorts of
- Das ist ja allerhand! ― That's quite something!
- 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.
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