Polyglot Dictionary

ganz

/ɡants/

adjective, adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. whole, entire

    as an adjective

    • Er hat den ganzen Kuchen gegessen.

      He ate the whole cake.

  2. quite, pretty

    as an adverb, colloquial

    • Das ist ganz gut.

      That's pretty good.

Similar words

voll

Close synonyms for "whole, full"; ganz leans toward entire/complete, voll toward physically full.

Similar in other languages

French

entier

entier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "whole, entire."

Practice

1 What does ganz mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches ganz?

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