überall
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]über + all. Compare English overall.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -al
Adverb
[edit]überall
- everywhere
- Wir haben überall nach dem Ball gesucht.
- We've looked for the ball everywhere.
- anywhere (in whatever place)
- Der Ball könnte überall sein.
- The ball could be anywhere.
- (colloquial, regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) forms prepositional adverbs of alles (“everything”)
- Ich hab’s überall mit probiert, aber der Fleck geht nicht raus.
- I’ve tried it with everything, but the stain won’t come out.
- (colloquial, regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) is added to a prepositional adverb in order to express that the latter includes a wide variety of items
- Davon hab ich überall noch nie gehört.
- I’ve never heard about all those things.
Synonyms
[edit]- allerorts, allerorten (both rare and literary)