ernst

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ernst, from Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛrnst/ Hyphenation: ernst === Noun === ernst m (uncountable, no diminutive) seriousness Synonyms: serieusheid, seriositeit (obsolete) earnestness, industriousness Synonyms: ijver, vlijt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: erns Negerhollands: ernst === Anagrams === nerts, snert == 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 === IPA(key): /ɛʁnst/ === Adjective === ernst (strong nominative masculine singular ernster, comparative ernster, superlative am ernstesten) serious, severe, grave ==== Declension ==== ==== 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. == Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === ernest === Etymology === From Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. === Noun === ernst m combativeness eagerness, zeal seriousness ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: ernstAfrikaans: ernsNegerhollands: ernst Limburgish: èrns === Further reading === “ernst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ernst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Slovincian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German ernst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛrnst/ Rhymes: -ɛrnst Syllabification: ernst === Adjective === ernst (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb) serious === Noun === ernst (not comparable) seriously ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ɛ̃rnst”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 240