Gänze
German
Etymology
Middle High German genze, Old High German ganzi, corresponding to ganz + -e (“-ness”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛnt͡sə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Gän‧ze
Noun
Gänze f (genitive Gänze, no plural)
- totality
- Synonyms: Ganzheit, Gesamtheit
- zur Gänze ― completely
- 2021 August 16, Christian Teevs, Matthias Gebauer, Florian Gathmann, “Merkels Afghanistan-Desaster: In Gänze versagt”, in Spiegel Online[1]:
- Merkels Afghanistan-Desaster: In Gänze versagt [title]
- Merkel's Afghanistan disaster: failed entirely
Declension
Declension of Gänze [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
- “Gänze” in Duden online
- “Gänze” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.