ganz
See also: Ganz
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).
Pronoun edit
ganz
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɡants/, [ɡant͡s]
Audio (file) Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ants
- Homophone: Gans (except possibly in very careful speech)
Adjective edit
ganz (strong nominative masculine singular ganzer, not comparable)
- entire, whole, complete
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 33/2010, page 83:
- Seit Ende Juli hat der Monsunregen die Flüsse in weiten Teilen Pakistans über die Ufer treten lassen und ganze Provinzen in Seen verwandelt
- Since end of July the monsoon rain has made the rivers overflow their banks in large parts of Pakistan and turned whole provinces into lakes.
- (informal) all (with definite article or determiner)
- (colloquial) whole, intact
- Synonyms: heil, intakt, unversehrt
- Ist die Tasse noch ganz?
- Is the cup still whole?
- (in certain combinations) true; real
- (mathematics) integer (of a number)
Declension edit
Positive forms of ganz (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ganz | sie ist ganz | es ist ganz | sie sind ganz | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ganzer | ganze | ganzes | ganze |
genitive | ganzen | ganzer | ganzen | ganzer | |
dative | ganzem | ganzer | ganzem | ganzen | |
accusative | ganzen | ganze | ganzes | ganze | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ganze | die ganze | das ganze | die ganzen |
genitive | des ganzen | der ganzen | des ganzen | der ganzen | |
dative | dem ganzen | der ganzen | dem ganzen | den ganzen | |
accusative | den ganzen | die ganze | das ganze | die ganzen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ganzer | eine ganze | ein ganzes | (keine) ganzen |
genitive | eines ganzen | einer ganzen | eines ganzen | (keiner) ganzen | |
dative | einem ganzen | einer ganzen | einem ganzen | (keinen) ganzen | |
accusative | einen ganzen | eine ganze | ein ganzes | (keine) ganzen |
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
ganz
- quite, rather
- Synonym: ziemlich
- very
- Synonym: sehr
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
- Das Herrenhaus in Burkahnen war ein ganz altes Gebäude, […]
- The manor house in Burkahnen was a very old building, […]
- wholly, entirely, all
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 580:
- Die Kirche war ganz leer, die Sonne leuchtete durch die Bogenfenster, und droben spielte jemand auf der Orgel.
- The church was entirely empty, the sun shone through the arched windows and up there someone played the organ.
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 580:
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ganz (masculine ganzen, neuter ganzt, not comparable)
Declension edit
declension of ganz
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass ganz | si ass ganz | et ass ganz | si si(nn) ganz | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | ganzen | ganz | ganzt | ganz |
independent without determiner | ganzes | ganzer | |||
dative | after any declined word | ganzen | ganzer | ganzen | ganzen |
as first declined word | ganzem | ganzem |
Adverb edit
ganz