überall meaning and definition in german

Adverb
Frequency:






- 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.