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German
Etymology
Univerbation of ins (“in the”) + gesamt (“total”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
insgesamt
- overall, altogether, in total, all in all, by and large, on the whole
In der Gruppe waren drei Männer und sieben Frauen, insgesamt zehn Menschen.- In the group were three men and seven women, ten people altogether. / Three men and seven women were in the group, out of a total of ten people.
Von den insgesamt acht Kapiteln...- Of the (in all) eight chapters...
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