Questions & Answers about Am Ende war alles gut.
Why is the verb war before the subject alles?
German strict verb-second word order is at play here. Because you started the sentence with the time phrase Am Ende (In the end), the conjugated verb war (was) must take the second position. That pushes the subject alles (everything) into the third position.
Where does the word Am come from in Am Ende?
Am is a contraction of the preposition an and the dative article dem. The word for 'end' is the neuter noun das Ende. When we use an to talk about a point in time, it requires the dative case, changing das to dem. The words an and dem then merge into Am.
Since the current lesson is about temporal prepositions like nach, could I say Nach dem Ende war alles gut?
You could, but it changes the meaning slightly. Nach dem Ende literally means 'after the end' (for example, after a specific event or a movie has finished). To express 'ultimately' or 'in the end' as a general conclusion about a situation, German uses the fixed phrase am Ende.
Why is alles used here instead of alle?
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