es ernst meinen

== German == === Alternative forms === es ernstmeinen (superseded) === Verb === es ernst meinen (weak, third-person singular present meint es ernst, past tense meinte es ernst, past participle es ernst gemeint, auxiliary haben) (impersonal) to mean business, to mean it, to be serious (impersonal) to be serious about something [with mit dative ‘something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== allen Ernstes Ernst machen ernst nehmen im Ernst === Further reading === “ernst meinen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “es ernst meinen” in Duden online “es ernst meinen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “es ernst meinen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “ernst meinen” in OpenThesaurus.de