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ganske

adverbadverb

quite · fairly · entirely

EtymologyOpphav

fra tysk from German

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. helt (II, 6)completely, fullstendig (2)utterly completelyhelt (II, 6), utterlyfullstendig (2)
    • stå ganske alene to stand entirely alone
    • det går ganske enkelt ikke it quite simply won't work
    • det blir noe ganske annet that is something else entirely
  2. til en viss grad;
    noenlunde (1)reasonably;
    temmeligrather · fairly · pretty
    to a certain degree;
    reasonablynoenlunde (1);
    rathertemmelig
    • det gikk ganske bra it went quite well
    • det kom ganske mange quite a few people came
    • de stod opp ganske tidlig they got up fairly early
    • hun er ganske flink she is rather good
  3. brukt som adjektiv i visse uttrykk: hel (II, 3)whole, fullstendig (1)complete used as an adjective in certain expressions: wholehel (II, 3), completefullstendig (1)
    • reiselivet skaper arbeidsplasser i det ganske land tourism creates jobs throughout the entire country
    • snøen la seg over den ganske by the snow settled over the whole town
    • teateroppsetninger fra den ganske verden theatre productions from all over the world