ernsthaft

== German == === Alternative forms === ernsthaftig === Etymology === From Middle High German ernesthaft, from Old High German ernusthafti. By surface analysis, Ernst (“seriousness”) +‎ -haft (“adjectival suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛʁnsthaft/ Hyphenation: ernst‧haft === Adjective === ernsthaft (strong nominative masculine singular ernsthafter, comparative ernsthafter, superlative am ernsthaftesten) serious (important, weighty) ernsthafte Zweifel ― serious doubt ernsthafte Verletzung ― serious injury serious (earnest, genuine) ernsthafte Anstrengung ― serious effort ernsthafter Versuch ― serious attempt ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === ernsthaft seriously ernsthaft krank ― seriously ill Selbstverständlich hat niemand ernsthaft daran gezweifelt. ― Of course, nobody seriously doubted it. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ernsthaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ernsthaft” in Duden online “ernsthaft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ernsthaft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.