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What is the difference between ganz and ziemlich and sehr ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between ganz and ziemlich and sehr ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Well, ganz und ziemlich usually have different meanings but can also be used to express "sehr". Beispiel: "Das war sehr cool" / "Das war ziemlich cool" / "Das war ganz cool" -> all have kinda the same meaning.
So you can replace sehr wie ziemlich/ganz but you can't replace ganz with sehr for example.
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@ZeitSpace ganz 100%
sehr, ziemlich = Verstärkung + Steigerung
viel < sehr viel
sehr < ziemlich sehr
stark < ziemlich stark, sehr stark
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It`s difficult. It depends on the communication and described situation.
Das war sehr/ziemlich/ganz cool. OK, all the same, no real difference.
But: The piggy bank is ziemlich/sehr/total full. Which one would you prefer?
Now the words make a ranking (e.g. 80, 90, 100 %). :-)
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