Die Vase ist noch ganz.

Because Vase is a feminine noun in German. In the nominative singular (the form used for the subject of the sentence), the definite article for feminine nouns is die.

• die Vase = the vase

If the case changed, the article could change too. For example:

• nominative: die Vase
• accusative: die Vase
• dative: der Vase
• genitive: der Vase

In this sentence, die Vase is the subject, so nominative is used.

German main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb comes in the second slot of the sentence.

Here:

• Die Vase = first element
• ist = second element
• noch ganz = the rest

So Die Vase ist noch ganz is normal German word order.

Here, noch means still.

So it adds the idea that the vase remains in that condition:

• Die Vase ist ganz. = The vase is intact.
• Die Vase ist noch ganz. = The vase is still intact.

This often suggests that something may have happened, or that someone is checking whether it survived something.

That is a very good question, because ganz has several uses.

In this sentence, ganz means something like intact, unbroken, or in one piece. With objects, especially fragile ones, ganz sein means to be undamaged.

So here it does not mean completely.

Compare:

• Die Vase ist ganz. = The vase is intact.
• Die ganze Vase = the whole vase
• ganz schön = quite / pretty
• ganz kaputt = completely broken

So the meaning of ganz depends a lot on context.

Because ganz is used here as a predicate adjective, after the verb sein.

In German, adjectives used after verbs like sein, werden, and bleiben do not take adjective endings.

So:

• Die Vase ist ganz. ✅
• die ganze Vase ✅

But not:

• Die Vase ist ganze. ❌

Compare:

• Die Vase ist schön.
• Die Vase ist alt.
• Die Vase ist kaputt.

All of these stay in the basic form after ist.

Yes, it is quite natural, especially in everyday German, when talking about whether something is still unbroken or still okay.

You might hear it with things like:

• Ist das Glas noch ganz? = Is the glass still intact?
• Mein Handy ist zum Glück noch ganz. = Luckily, my phone is still okay.
• Nach dem Umzug ist alles noch ganz. = After the move, everything is still intact.

It is especially common for objects that could get broken or damaged.

Yes. Both are possible, but they have slightly different tones.

• heil = safe, unbroken, intact; common and natural
• intakt = intact; a bit more formal or technical
• ganz = intact / in one piece; very common in everyday speech

So:

• Die Vase ist noch ganz. = very natural, everyday German
• Die Vase ist noch heil. = also natural
• Die Vase ist noch intakt. = correct, but a little more formal

Because noch is modifying the adjective idea ganz. It tells you that the state continues.

So:

• noch ganz = still intact

That is the natural order.
Ganz noch would sound wrong here.

German often places words like noch, schon, nicht mehr, etc. before the adjective or phrase they affect:

• noch da = still there
• noch offen = still open
• noch kaputt = still broken
• noch ganz = still intact

Often, yes. It can suggest that the speaker is surprised or relieved that the vase has survived something up to this point.

For example, after a child runs through the room or after a move, someone might say:

• Die Vase ist noch ganz.

That can sound like:

• it has survived so far
• luckily, it has not broken
• at least for now, it is still okay

But this is a matter of context. Noch does not always strongly imply danger; sometimes it simply means still in a neutral way.

Without noch, the sentence becomes more neutral:

• Die Vase ist ganz. = The vase is intact.

With noch, you add the idea of continuation:

• Die Vase ist noch ganz. = The vase is still intact.

So noch is not required for the grammar, but it changes the nuance.

Vase is usually pronounced roughly like VAH-zuh in standard German.

A few helpful points:

• Va- has stress on the first syllable.
• The s in Vase sounds like a z sound.
• The final -e is a soft uh sound, not silent.

And ganz ends with a ts sound, because German z is pronounced ts:

• ganz ≈ gahnts

So the whole sentence is roughly:

• dee VAH-zuh ist nokh gahnts

That is only an approximation, but it can help.