Ende gut, alles gut
all's well that ends well
Origin
The phrase is known as the German title of Shakespeare's comedy 'All's Well That Ends Well' (c. 1601–1603), whose plot derives from a novella in Boccaccio's 'Decameron'. The idea was, however, already proverbial; Shakespeare took up an existing saying.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Temporal preposition 'um' (at, clock time)Temporale Präposition 'um' (Uhrzeit)
- Ordinal numbers 1-19 (-te)Ordinalzahlen 1-19 (-te)
- Position of object pronounsStellung der Objektpronomen
- Simple past 'wollte' (wanted to, from wollen)Präteritum 'wollte' (wollen)
- Pronoun 'du' (you, informal, nominative)Pronomen 'du' (Nominativ)
- Pronoun 'sie' (she/it, singular, nominative)Pronomen 'sie' (Singular, Nominativ)
Examples
Der hatte , aber wir kamen noch an — , .
The train was late, but we still made it — all's well that ends well.