earnest

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
2. 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

Konzepte

ernst

ernsthaft

ernstlich

gesetzt

aufrichtig

zielbewusst

direktes Gegenüberliegen

Aufrichtigkeit

Dringlichkeit

echt

genuin

gründlich

ordentlich

regelrecht

richtig

freundschaftlich

immer wieder

inbrünstig

liebevoll

sorgfältig

wiederholt

leidenschaftlich

sehnsüchtig

intensiv

bedeutend

gewichtig

seriös

Anzahlung

Vorschuß

ehrlich

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɝ.nɪst/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).