Ernst
See also: ernst
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. Doublet of earnest.
Proper noun
Ernst
- A surname.
Anagrams
- 'rents, Snert, Stern, nerts, rents, snert, stern, stern-, terns
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ænsd̥]
Proper noun
Ernst
- a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest
Related terms
- feminine form: Erna
See also: erni
Estonian
Proper noun
Ernst
- a male given name
Related terms
- Erni
- Ernits
- Erno
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɻɳst/
Proper noun
Ernst m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Ernst: Ernstsson
- daughter of Ernst: Ernstsdóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Ernst |
| Accusative | Ernst |
| Dative | Ernsti |
| Genitive | Ernsts |
German
Etymology
Nominal usage of the adjective ernst
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛʁnst/
audio (Germany) (file)
Noun
Ernst m (strong, genitive Ernstes or Ernsts, no plural)
- earnestness, seriousness
- (with possessive determiner, idiomatic) a serious statement, a seriously meant action
- Ist das dein Ernst? ― Are you serious? (literally, “Is that your serious opinion?”)
- Das ist mein Ernst, wenn ich sage, dass dieser Rock zu kurz ist.
- I mean it when I say this skirt is too short.
Declension
Declension of Ernst [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Ernst |
| genitive | eines | des | Ernstes, Ernsts |
| dative | einem | dem | Ernst, Ernste1 |
| accusative | einen | den | Ernst |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Proper noun
Ernst
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest
Further reading
- “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.
Ernst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ernst”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Norwegian
Proper noun
Ernst
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest
Swedish
Proper noun
Ernst c (genitive Ernsts)
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Erna, equivalent to English Ernest