# total

total is a German adjective meaning “total”.

## In other languages

- Русский: тотальный, совершенно
- Українська: тотальний, суцільний, цілковитий

## Adjective

1. total, absolute, complete, utter (not used in the sense of “entire”)
   - Es ist kein totales, sondern nur ein partielles Verbot. — It is not an absolute ban, but merely a partial one.

## Adverb

1. totally, absolutely, completely, utterly
   - total übertrieben — totally exaggerated
2. _Switzerland_ synonym of insgesamt (“in total, all in all”)

## Examples

- Tom hat einen total blöden Zug gemacht. — Tom made a boneheaded move.
- Verzeihung, ich habe es total vergessen, das zu tun. — Sorry, I completely forgot to do that.
- Ich bin total müde. — I'm beat.
- Ihr seid total übergeschnappt. — You're completely insane.
- Ich habe gerade beim Pferderennen verloren, deshalb bin ich total pleite. — I just lost at the races so I'm flat broke.

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