ernsthaft
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ernesthaft, from Old High German ernusthafti. By surface analysis, Ernst (“seriousness”) + -haft (“adjectival suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ernsthaft (strong nominative masculine singular ernsthafter, comparative ernsthafter, superlative am ernsthaftesten)
- (important; weighty) serious
- ernsthafte Zweifel. ― serious doubt.
- ernsthafte Verletzung. ― serious injury.
- ernsthafte Anstrengung. ― serious effort.
Declension
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Comparative forms of ernsthaft
Superlative forms of ernsthaft
Adverb
[edit]ernsthaft
- seriously
- ernsthaft krank. ― seriously ill.
- Selbstverständlich hat niemand ernsthaft daran gezweifelt. ― Of course, nobody seriously doubted it.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ernsthaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ernsthaft” in Duden online
- “ernsthaft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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