ganz
See also: Ganz
Alemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).
Pronoun
editganz
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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editganz (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
editPositive 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
editAdverb
editganz
- 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
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editganz (masculine ganzen, neuter ganzt, not comparable)
Declension
editdeclension 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
editganz
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