“gänzlich” – German Vocabulary and Idioms – English Explanation
German Vocabulary and Idioms are interesting most of the times, when you thoroughly learn how to use them in your speaking and when you find out more meanings out of one single word! In this article, we want to learn what “gänzlich” means and how to use it in our sentences in German.
Part of Speech
The word “gänzlich” is an adjective and adverb in German! Which means, you can either use this word in your sentences as an adjective, describing a noun, or as an adverb, to add to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence.
What type of Adjective is “gänzlich”?
“gänzlich” is an attributive adjective, meaning that when you use it in a sentence, you should either use it before a noun, or simply use it as an adverb. So that you cannot say or write it after a verb or after a noun.
Das ganze Problem war gänzlich.Das Problem war gänzlicher Unsinn.
The problem was complete nonsense.
As you can see in the sentences above, the first sample sentence is not correct, because it is using this Adjective/Adverb incorrectly. So it is not possible to use this adjective after a verb or without binding it to a noun. Here you read the usage of this word as an adjective. Continue reading to find out how you can use this word as an adverb!
Meaning
The English equivalent to “gänzlich” is “completely”.
Es mangelt ihm gänzlich an Selbstvertrauen.
He completely lacks self-confidence.
So as you can see in the sentence above, the word is used as an adverb. Knowing the meaning, you can use it in many different cases.
Also visit völlig and vollkommen that are synonymous with this word.
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