Alt er stille nå.

Everything is quiet now.

Breakdown of Alt er stille nå.

• være: to be
• nå: now
• stille: quiet
• alt: all

Questions & Answers about Alt er stille nå.

What does alt mean here, and is it always translated as “everything”?

In Alt er stille nå, alt is a pronoun meaning “everything”.

However, alt is not always translated literally as “everything” in English. It can also mean:

• “all” in a more general sense:
  
  • Alt går bra. – “Everything is going well / It’s all going well.”
• “the whole thing”:
  
  • Alt er over. – “It’s all over.”

But alt never means “everyone” (that would be alle).

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What part of speech is alt, and what is its role in the sentence?

Alt is an indefinite pronoun.

In Alt er stille nå:

• alt = subject (“everything”)
• er = verb (“is”)
• stille = subject complement (adjective describing alt)
• nå = adverb (“now”)

So the structure is Subject – Verb – Complement – Adverb.

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Why is it stille and not stilt, since alt is neuter?