earnest

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
2. (uncountable) Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

Verb

To be serious with; use in earnest.

Adj

1. Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
2. Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
4. Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
5. Strenuous; diligent.
6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

Verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of earn

earn

• Verb
• Noun

Lees meer

Sinonieme

serious

sincere

solemn

grave

🪦

zealous

ardent

diligent

severe

deposit

eager

staid

devout

seriousness

stern

down payment

urgent

‼️

strict

genuine

acute

pledge

conscientious

sedate

advance

businesslike

wholehearted

heart-whole

monetary deposit

heartfelt

dear

tense

resolute

fervid

patient

security

fervent

cordial

important

pressing

compelling

honest

kind

truthful

enthusiastic

emulous

collateral

emphatic

clever

artless

hearty

heart-to-heart

Vertalings

sérieux

ernst

serio

serio

sério

ernstig

sincero

ernsthaft

serieus

sincère

grave

🪦

formal

stemmig

zelante

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɝ.nɪst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ernest

Geërf van Old English: eornest

Verwante met Fries: earnst

Verwante met Nederlands: ernst

Verwante met Duits: Ernst

Verwante met Yslands: ern

Verwante met Goties: 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰

Geërf van Middle English: eornest

Geërf van Old English: eornoste

Verwante met Noord-Fries: ernste

Verwante met Middle Low German: ernest

Verwante met Duits: ernst

In summary

From Middle English ernest, eornest, from Old English eornest, eornost, eornust (“earnestness, zeal, seriousness, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to cause to move, arouse, increase”).
Cognate with West Frisian earnst (“earnest, seriousness”), Dutch ernst (“seriousness, gravity, earnest”), German Ernst (“seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour”), Icelandic ern (“brisk, vigorous”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba, “secure, certain, sure”).
The adjective is from Middle English eornest, from Old English eornoste (“earnest, zealous, serious”), from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian ernste (“earnest”), Middle Low German ernest, ernst (“serious, earnest”), German ernst (“serious, earnest”).