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Illustration of the A1 German word “allein”, which translates to “alone”. The Home Alone scream: a boy in a red sweater in an empty, silent family house slaps both hands to his cheeks, mouth stretched in a huge scream, eyes wide in shocked glee.

allein is part of German adjectives A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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allein

alone

/aˈlaɪ̯n/

Examples — allein in a sentence

Sie ist heute allein.

She is alone today.

Ich mag es, allein zu sein.

I like to be alone.

How to remember it

ALL-INE sounds like 'all in'. When you're all in, you might be alone, focusing intently on your task.

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