ernst
Meaning
serious, severe, grave
Concepts
serious
earnest
grave
seriously
solemn
considerable
important
real
significant
severe
austere
demure
solemnly
sober
stern
appreciable
key
sizable
substantial
weighty
reliable
gravelly
sternly
dignified
genuine
earnestly
adult
full-grown
grown-up
major
of age
meaningful
staid
unsmiling
cannot
must not
should not
will not
awful
impressive
majestic
stately
big deal
great
full-blown
fundamental
normal
regular
typical
authoritatively
gravely
majestically
exceedingly
frequently
sincerely
alarming
strictly
diligently
meaningfully
soberly
sincere
austerely
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛʁnst/
Etymology
From Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.
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