German adverb · CEFR A1

ganz

Meaning in English: quite, whole, entirely

Rank 137 of 5,000adverbLevel A14 forms in the list
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Example

Das Zimmer ist ganz schön groß.

The room is quite big.

Forms of ganz in the top 5,000

These forms of ganz are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

ganze#573
whole, entireA2

Ich habe die ganze Nacht nicht geschlafen.
I didn't sleep all night.

ganzen#879
whole, entireA2

Wir waren den ganzen Tag am Strand.
We were at the beach all day.

ganzes#4,447
whole, entireA2

Er hat ein ganzes Brot allein gegessen.
He ate a whole loaf by himself.

How common is ganz?

ganz is number 137 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 638 times per million words — about once every 1,600 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 47% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 133Kinderchildren
  2. 134neuennew
  3. 135seinerhis, its (dat./gen. fem.)
  4. 136unsereour
  5. 137ganzquite, whole, entirely
  6. 138machento make, to do
  7. 139weiterfurther; on, onward
  8. 140weiterefurther, additional
  9. 141stehtstands; is (written)

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