alles in Butter
everything's fine; all good
Origin
Probably from the medieval transport of fragile glass over the Alps: liquid butter was poured over the goods so that, once set, it protected them from breakage - if everything arrived intact, it was "all in butter".
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Present perfect with 'haben': du hast … (participle)Perfekt mit 'haben': du hast … Partizip II
- Present perfect with 'haben': ihr habt … (participle)Perfekt mit 'haben': ihr habt … Partizip II
- Verb 'danken' (to thank, + dative)Verb 'danken' (+ Dativ)
- Perfect tense of inseparable verbs (hat verstanden, no ge-)Perfekt untrennbarer Verben
- Definite article 'die' (the, feminine, accusative)Bestimmter Artikel 'die' (feminin, Akkusativ)
- Preposition 'ohne' (without, accusative)Präposition 'ohne' (Akkusativ)
Examples
Mach dir keine Sorgen, bei uns ist in .
Don't worry, everything's fine with us.