ganztags

[ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks]

/[ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks]/ adv

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The verdict

“ganztags” is uncommon German (frequency #57,006 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,006
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen ganzen Tag dauernd, einen ganzen Tag lang

Corpus desk

Index DE-ganztags · ganztags · German

ganztags · rank #57,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,006
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gain

Nearest frequency peer: gain (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ganztags“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ganztags“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ganztags
PropertyValue
Headwordganztags
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,006
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ganztags“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ganztagsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gain“ (#57,005), „garrison“ (#57,007), „Gaskammer“ (#57,008). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „ganztags“ bei #57,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ganztags is uncommon German at frequency #57,006 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen ganzen Tag dauernd, einen ganzen Tag lang".

ganztags has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ganztags, spelled G-A-N-Z-T-A-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen ganzen Tag dauernd, einen ganzen Tag lang

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ganztags appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Karin geht jetzt wieder ganztags arbeiten.

Synonyms

ganztägig

Antonyms

halbtags

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ganztags"?
"ganztags" is spelled G-A-N-Z-T-A-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks].
What does "ganztags" mean?
As an adverb, "ganztags" means: einen ganzen Tag dauernd, einen ganzen Tag lang
How do you pronounce "ganztags"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ganztags" is [ˈɡant͡sˌtaːks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ganztags" come from?
"ganztags" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ganztags", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garrison#57,007Gehwegen#57,018geistert#57,019Gelöbnis#57,021

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list