allein

== German == === Alternative forms === alleine (chiefly colloquial, only occasionally in formal writing) === Etymology === From Middle High German al-ein. Cognate with Middle English al-one, English alone, Dutch alleen, Low German alleene (Münsterländisch), alläine (Sauerländisch). === Pronunciation === (Standard German) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈlaɪn/ (Swabian) IPA(key): /(ʔ)əˈlɔɪ̯/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯n === Adjective === allein (indeclinable, predicative only) (only predicative) alone === Adverb === allein alone (formal, literary) only ==== Synonyms ==== nur, bloß ausschließlich ==== Derived terms ==== alleinig ==== Related terms ==== alleinerziehend, Alleingang, alleinherrschend, Alleinherrscher, alleinreisend, alleinstehend, Alleinstellung === Conjunction === allein (coordinating) only, but === See also === einsam === References === === Further reading === “allein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache