ernst

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.

• IPA^(key): /ɛrnst/

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• Hyphenation: ernst

ernst m (uncountable)

1. seriousness
2. (obsolete) earnestness, industriousness

   Synonyms: ijver, vlijt

• ernstig
• ernstvuurwerk

• Afrikaans: erns
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• nerts, snert

From Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁnst/

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ernst (strong nominative masculine singular ernster, comparative ernster, superlative am ernstesten)

1. serious, severe, grave

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• ernsthaft
• ernst nehmen (“to take seriously”)

• “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.

• ernest

From Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.

ernst m

1. combativeness
2. eagerness, zeal
3. seriousness

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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• Limburgish: èrns

• “ernst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ernst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN