No. 548 in German
gesamten
"Gesamten" means "entire" or "whole."
In a sentence
Wir haben am Wochenende die gesamten Arbeiten abgeschlossen.
We completed all the work over the weekend.
In this sentence, 'gesamten' is used as an attributive adjective to describe the noun 'Arbeiten' in the accusative case, indicating that all the work in entirety was completed.
Der Lehrer prüfte die gesamten Unterlagen vor dem Meeting.
The teacher reviewed all the documents before the meeting.
Here, 'gesamten' modifies the noun 'Unterlagen' in the accusative case and emphasizes the entirety of the documents.
Die gesamten Kosten des Projekts wurden höher geschätzt.
The total costs of the project were estimated to be higher.
'Gesamten' is an attributive adjective illustrating the total scope of the 'Kosten' (costs) in the sentence.
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