Breakdown of Zum Glück ist alles gut.
sein
to be
gut
good / well
alle
all, everyone
zum Glück
luckily, fortunately
Questions & Answers about Zum Glück ist alles gut.
Why does the verb ist come before the subject alles?
This sentence follows the V2 (verb-second) rule, which is the exact same rule you use with adverbial connectors like deshalb or darum. Because the phrase Zum Glück (luckily) takes up Position 1, the verb ist must take Position 2. That pushes the subject alles to Position 3.
Literally, what does Zum Glück mean?
It literally translates to "to the luck", where Zum is a contraction of the preposition and article zu dem. German uses this prepositional phrase where English usually prefers an adverb like "luckily" or "fortunately".
Is alles considered singular or plural here?
The word alles (everything) is grammatically singular. Just like in English ("everything is fine"), it takes the singular verb ist instead of the plural verb sind.