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ernst
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See also: Ernst
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ernst, from Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ernst m (uncountable)
- seriousness
- Synonyms: serieusheid, seriositeit
- (obsolete) earnestness, industriousness
Derived terms
Descendants
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-West Germanic *ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ernst (strong nominative masculine singular ernster, comparative ernster, superlative am ernstesten)
Declension
Positive forms of ernst
Comparative forms of ernst
Superlative forms of ernst
Derived terms
- Ernst
- ernsthaft (“seriously”)
- ernst nehmen (“to take seriously”)
- es ernst meinen (“to mean it”)
Further reading
- “ernst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ernst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ernst” in Duden online
- “ernst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Noun
ernst m
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ernst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ernst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Slovincian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
ernst (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
Noun
ernst (not comparable)
Derived terms
adjectives
- ernstechny
Related terms
adverbs
- ernstechnjê
Further reading
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ɛ̃rnst”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 240
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