# ganz
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, healthy; all, complete”).

### Pronoun

ganz
* (Gressoney) all, everything

### References

* 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
### Alternative forms

* gantz (obsolete spelling)
* janz (colloquial, Berlinisch)

### Etymology

From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡants/, [ɡant͡s]
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* Rhymes: -ants
* Homophone: Gans (except possibly in very careful speech)

### Adjective

ganz (strong nominative masculine singular ganzer, not comparable)
* entire, whole, complete
    Synonyms: gesamt, komplett
    Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen.He ate a whole chicken.
** 2010, Der Spiegel‎, 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 verwandeltSince 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)
    Synonyms: all, alle
    Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen.I’ve invited all my friends.
* (colloquial) whole, intact
    Synonyms: heil, intakt, unversehrt
    Ist die Tasse noch ganz?Is the cup still whole?
* (in certain combinations) true; real
    Synonyms: echt, wahr
    ein ganzer Kerl (implying masculinity, but also uprightness) ― a true man
* (mathematics) integer (of a number)

#### Derived terms

* ergänzen
* Gänze
* Ganzheit
* im Großen und Ganzen
* von ganzem Herzen

### Adverb

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
    Synonyms: komplett, völlig
** 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.

#### Derived terms

* ganz und gar

### Further reading

* “ganz” in Duden online
* “ganz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz (“whole, sound, healthy, complete, fullstanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“whole, sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡans/, [ɡɑn(t)s]
* Rhymes: -ɑnts
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ganz (masculine ganzen, neuter ganzt, not comparable)
* entire, whole

#### Declension
### Adverb

ganz
* wholly, entirely, totally
* very