samtliga

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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samtliga

  1. everything, everyone, all, each of, every single one
    Är samtliga mobiltelefoner avstängda nu?
    Is every single mobile phone turned off now?

Usage notes

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Is only used with respect to people or countable amounts of objects; it never refers to anything uncountable (which e.g. the English "all" may do).

Synonyms

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  • allt (all of something uncountable; neuter gender)
  • all (all of something uncountable; common gender)
  • alla (all of something countable)
  • allesamman / allesammans (all of a group of people)
  • allihop / allihopa (all of a group of people or animals)
  • alltihop / alltihopa (all of a group of objects - never people - but may be used with respect to either countable or uncountable nouns)