im Ganzen
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The verdict
“im Ganzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht in Scheiben (oder andere Teile) geschnitten
Corpus desk
Index DE-im-ganzen · im Ganzen · German
im Ganzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | im Ganzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „im Ganzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
im Ganzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht in Scheiben (oder andere Teile) geschnitten".
im Ganzen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is im Ganzen, spelled I-M- -G-A-N-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht in Scheiben (oder andere Teile) geschnitten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how im Ganzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für das Füllen von 5 Sacherwürsteln benötigt man 1 Stück Emmentaler im Ganzen (ca. 10 dag) und 4–5 lange Speckstreifen pro Sacherwürstel.“
„Ich bin der Wurst als Nahrungsmittel hoffnungslos verfallen, aber sie war für mich immer schon viel mehr als etwas, das scheibchenweise aufs Brot oder im Ganzen auf den Teller kommt.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.