ernst
See also: Ernst
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch ernst, from Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editernst m (uncountable)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editAnagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editernst (strong nominative masculine singular ernster, comparative ernster, superlative am ernstesten)
Declension
editPositive forms of ernst
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ernst | sie ist ernst | es ist ernst | sie sind ernst | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ernster | ernste | ernstes | ernste |
genitive | ernsten | ernster | ernsten | ernster | |
dative | ernstem | ernster | ernstem | ernsten | |
accusative | ernsten | ernste | ernstes | ernste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ernste | die ernste | das ernste | die ernsten |
genitive | des ernsten | der ernsten | des ernsten | der ernsten | |
dative | dem ernsten | der ernsten | dem ernsten | den ernsten | |
accusative | den ernsten | die ernste | das ernste | die ernsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ernster | eine ernste | ein ernstes | (keine) ernsten |
genitive | eines ernsten | einer ernsten | eines ernsten | (keiner) ernsten | |
dative | einem ernsten | einer ernsten | einem ernsten | (keinen) ernsten | |
accusative | einen ernsten | eine ernste | ein ernstes | (keine) ernsten |
Comparative forms of ernst
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ernster | sie ist ernster | es ist ernster | sie sind ernster | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ernsterer | ernstere | ernsteres | ernstere |
genitive | ernsteren | ernsterer | ernsteren | ernsterer | |
dative | ernsterem | ernsterer | ernsterem | ernsteren | |
accusative | ernsteren | ernstere | ernsteres | ernstere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ernstere | die ernstere | das ernstere | die ernsteren |
genitive | des ernsteren | der ernsteren | des ernsteren | der ernsteren | |
dative | dem ernsteren | der ernsteren | dem ernsteren | den ernsteren | |
accusative | den ernsteren | die ernstere | das ernstere | die ernsteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ernsterer | eine ernstere | ein ernsteres | (keine) ernsteren |
genitive | eines ernsteren | einer ernsteren | eines ernsteren | (keiner) ernsteren | |
dative | einem ernsteren | einer ernsteren | einem ernsteren | (keinen) ernsteren | |
accusative | einen ernsteren | eine ernstere | ein ernsteres | (keine) ernsteren |
Superlative forms of ernst
Related terms
edit- ernsthaft
- ernst nehmen (“to take seriously”)
Further reading
edit- “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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch ernost, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Noun
editernst m
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ernst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ernst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Slovincian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editernst (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
Noun
editernst (not comparable)
Derived terms
editadjectives
Related terms
editadverbs
Further reading
edit- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ɛ̃rnst”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 240
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