"Ernst" meaning in German

See Ernst in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɛʁnst/ Audio: De-ernst.ogg
Etymology: Nominalization of ernst. Etymology templates: {{nominalization|de|ernst}} Nominalization of ernst Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,s,e:s:-􂀿with an article􂁀}} Ernst m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ernsts, plural Ernste or Ernsts or (with an article) Ernst) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s,e:s}} Forms: Ernsts [genitive], Ernste [plural], Ernsts [plural], Ernst [plural], strong [table-tags], Ernst [nominative, singular], Ernste [definite, nominative, plural], Ernsts [definite, nominative, plural], Ernsts [genitive, singular], Ernste [definite, genitive, plural], Ernsts [definite, genitive, plural], Ernst [dative, singular], Ernsten [dative, definite, plural], Ernsts [dative, definite, plural], Ernst [accusative, singular], Ernste [accusative, definite, plural], Ernsts [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Ernst-de-name-mrezZ4Nw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 58 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 56 29 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 34 15

Noun

IPA: /ɛʁnst/ Audio: De-ernst.ogg
Etymology: Nominalization of ernst. Etymology templates: {{nominalization|de|ernst}} Nominalization of ernst Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Ernst m (strong, genitive Ernstes or Ernsts, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Ernstes [genitive], Ernsts [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Ernst [nominative, singular], Ernstes [genitive, singular], Ernsts [genitive, singular], Ernst [dative, singular], Ernste [dative, singular], Ernst [accusative, singular]
  1. earnestness, seriousness Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Ernst-de-noun-sAIUAOQm
  2. (with possessive determiner, idiomatic) a serious statement, a seriously meant action Tags: idiomatic, masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Ernst-de-noun-Py2PTjVz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: allen Ernstes, der Ernst des Lebens, Ernst machen, im Ernst

Inflected forms

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          "english": "I mean it when I say this skirt is too short.",
          "text": "Das ist mein Ernst, wenn ich sage, dass dieser Rock zu kurz ist.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "What started as a bit of fun, became serious.",
          "text": "Aus Spaß wurde Ernst.",
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          "english": "I mean it when I say this skirt is too short.",
          "text": "Das ist mein Ernst, wenn ich sage, dass dieser Rock zu kurz ist.",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.