ganska
Meaning
fairly
In Swedish: någorlunda, rätt så, tämligen
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ganska in a sentence
- ett ganska bra resultata rather good result
- Den här melonen är ganska smaklösThis melon is rather tasteless.
- Min bror är ganska lång.My brother is pretty tall.
Questions
What does ganska mean in English?
ganska means “fairly”.
Similar words
Origin
From Middle Low German gans, gansch, from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German ganz, from Proto-West Germanic *gant.
Nearby common words
ganska is number 530 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 526jack jack, plug
- 527stan town, alternative form of staden (“the city, the town”) (See the usage notes below for when "stan" is idiomatic. All usage examples below are idiomatic except the last.)
- 528ansikte face
- 529jaså really?, you don't say
- 531förstöra destroy
- 532stark strong, lasting
- 533arbeta work, labour
- 534massa lots, mass
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary