im Großen und Ganzen
[ɪm ˈɡʁoːsn̩ ʊnt ˈɡant͡sn̩]
The verdict
“im Großen und 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insgesamt betrachtet, allgemein
Corpus desk
Index DE-im-gro-en-und-ganzen · im Großen und Ganzen · German
im Großen und Ganzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 Großen und Ganzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɪm ˈɡʁoːsn̩ ʊnt ˈɡant͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „im Großen und Ganzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
im Großen und Ganzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ɪm ˈɡʁoːsn̩ ʊnt ˈɡant͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "insgesamt betrachtet, allgemein".
No generated misspelling entries exist for im Großen und Ganzen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Großen und Ganzen, spelled I-M- -G-R-O-S-S-E-N- -U-N-D- -G-A-N-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1insgesamt betrachtet, allgemein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how im Großen und Ganzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Großen und Ganzen ist nichts dagegen einzuwenden.
Das ist eine, im Großen und Ganzen betrachtet, gute Idee.
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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.