Word
Heute ist alles perfekt.
Meaning
Everything is perfect today.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Heute ist alles perfekt.
Why is alles used here instead of alle?
alles means everything (referring to things or situations in general), while alle means everyone or all (referring to specific people or countable items). Since the sentence is about the general situation being perfect, we use alles.
Why is the verb ist singular when everything sounds like a plural concept?
Just like in English, where we say everything is, the German pronoun alles is grammatically singular. That is why it takes the singular verb ist instead of the plural sind.
Why is the word order Heute ist alles instead of Heute alles ist?
German uses the Verb Second rule for standard sentences. Because you started the sentence with the time word Heute, the conjugated verb ist must immediately follow it in the second position. The subject alles then gets pushed to the third position.
Does perfekt need an ending here, like perfektes?
No, because perfekt comes after the verb ist to describe the subject. In German, adjectives only get extra endings when they come directly in front of a noun (like ein perfektes Auto).