alone
By oneself, solitaryBy oneself, solitary.
» I don't want to go alone.
Ich will nicht allein gehen.
Я не хочу идти в одиночку.
Я не хочу идти один.
Я не хочу идти одна.
Я не хочу ехать одна.
Я не хочу ехать один.
Я не хочу йти самотужки.
Я не хочу йти сам.
Я не хочу йти сама.
Meaning
6 senses(not comparable, predicative)By oneself, solitary.
I can't ask for help because I am alone.
allein
оди́нodín, самsam
самsam, оди́нodýn
By oneself, solitary.
(not comparable, predicative)Not involved in a romantic relationship.
(not comparable, predicative)Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.
I always organize my Halloween candy before eating it. Am I alone in this?
(not comparable, obsolete, predicative)Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
isolated from others
(not comparable, obsolete, predicative)Mere; consisting of nothing further.
(not comparable, obsolete, predicative)Unique; rare; matchless.
einzig, alleinig
Examples
6417 sentencesI don't want to go alone.
Я не хочу йти самотужки.
ruЯ не хочу идти в одиночку.
deIch will nicht allein gehen.
She allowed him to go alone.
Вона дозволила йому поїхати самому.
ruОна позволила ему идти самому.
deSie gestattete ihm, alleine zu gehen.
I don't like to be alone.
Я не люблю бути наодинці.
deIch mag es nicht alleine zu sein.
Don't let him do it alone.
Не дай йому зробити це самому.
ruНе позволяйте ему делать это одному.
deLass ihn das nicht alleine machen!
He was alone in the room.
Він був у кімнаті сам.
ruОн был один в комнате.
deEr war alleine im Zimmer.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from thFrom Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. For the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Synonyms
34 synonyms- radically distinctive and without equal:uniqueunequaledunequalledunparalleled
- exclusive of anyone or anything else:only
- lacking companions or companionship:lonelonelysolitary
Word family
8 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- do that alone
- to be alone
- go there alone
- be left alone
- alone in the
- left alone
- live alone
- travel alone
- is alone in
- being being alone
- all alone
- alone at night