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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “in general”.
Pronunciation
Particle
w ogóle
- (idiomatic) by the way (incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened)
- Synonym: swoją drogą
- A tak w ogóle, to mam na imię Kamila. ― And, by the way, my name is Kamila.
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) at all, even (to the slightest degree, in any way, at any time or in any circumstance)
- Synonyms: ani trochę, ani w ząb, ni w ząb, nic, wcale
- W ogóle nie wiem, o czym mówisz. ― I don't know at all what you are talking about.
- Czy on to w ogóle zrobił? ― Did he even do this?
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), w ogóle is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 21 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 36 times in essays, 39 times in fiction, and 58 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 156 times, making it the 370th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “w ogóle”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 650
Further reading
- w ogóle in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- w ogóle in Polish dictionaries at PWN