What's the difference between im grunde and praktisch are they both similar cause I have asked once this question but didn't get an explicit explanation of the actual usage of both these words I know that im grunde is used to make a conclusion like in summary concisely but what about praktisch I have put the word on wordreference.com and it showed me that colloquially it can be used like basically now my question is can praktisch also be used to sum something up or are they both used differently would like to get good replies would be very helpful thanks again.

„Im Grunde“ is the much better phrase to use. „praktisch“ is really colloquial. i would never write that in an e-mail or something similar. but i definitly use it talking to friends.

and yes they can be used to express similar things. mostly you can use them as synonyms, the difference in meaning is very small.

i would translate „im grunde“ with basically
and „praktisch“ with „almost“ or „practically“

some examples.


Im Grunde habe ich dabei nichts gelernt.
Basically i learned nothing.
Ich habe dabei praktisch nichts gelernt.
I learned almost/practically nothing.


another synonym for praktisch would be „so gut wie“

Ich habe dabei so gut wie nichts gelernt.

i‘m not sure that explains your problem and if i could help you in any way. I have actually never thought about that so much^^