Ernst

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. Doublet of earnest. === Proper noun === Ernst A surname. === Anagrams === 'rents, Snert, Stern, nerts, rents, snert, stern, stern-, terns == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ænsd̥] === Proper noun === Ernst a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest ==== Related terms ==== feminine form: Erna == Estonian == === Proper noun === Ernst a male given name ==== Related terms ==== Erni Ernits Erno == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɻɳst/ === Proper noun === Ernst m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics son of Ernst: Ernstsson daughter of Ernst: Ernstsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === Nominalization of ernst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁnst/ === Noun === Ernst m (strong, genitive Ernstes or Ernsts, no plural) earnestness, seriousness (with possessive determiner, idiomatic) a serious statement, a seriously meant action Ist das dein Ernst? ― Are you serious? (literally, “Is that your serious opinion?”) Aus Spaß wurde Ernst. ― What started as a bit of fun, became serious. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== allen Ernstes der Ernst des Lebens Ernst machen im Ernst === Proper noun === Ernst m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ernsts, plural Ernste or Ernsts or (with an article) Ernst) a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest Aus Spaß wurde Ernst – und der kann jetzt laufen! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Declension ==== === 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. Ernst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ernst”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Ernst a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ernst c (genitive Ernsts) a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest