Declension and comparison German adjective ernst

The declension of the adjective ernst (grave, serious) uses these forms of the comparison ernst,ernster,am ernstesten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/esten. The adjective ernst can be used both attributively in front of a noun as well as predicative in conjunction with a verb.One can not only inflect and compare ernst, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

noun
Ernst, der
positive
ernst
comparative
ernster
superlative
am ernstesten

B1 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

ernst

ernst · ernster · am ernstesten

English grave, serious, earnest, severe, threatening

/eːɐ̯nst/ · /eːɐ̯nst/ · /eːɐ̯nstɐ/ · /eːɐ̯nstən/

ohne Spaß, ohne Scherz, ohne Humor, ohne Ironie; über einen Zustand, der schlimme Konsequenzen haben kann; drohend; bedrohlich; emotionslos; ernsthaft

» Ist es ernst ? English Is it something serious?

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The strong inflection of ernst without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. ernster
Gen. ernsten
Dat. ernstem
Acc. ernsten

Feminine

Nom. ernste
Gen. ernster
Dat. ernster
Acc. ernste

Neutral

Nom. ernstes
Gen. ernsten
Dat. ernstem
Acc. ernstes

Plural

Nom. ernste
Gen. ernster
Dat. ernsten
Acc. ernste
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Weak declension

The weak inflection of the adjective ernst with the definite article 'der' or with pronouns like 'dieser' and 'jener'

Masculine

Nom. derernste
Gen. desernsten
Dat. demernsten
Acc. denernsten

Feminine

Nom. dieernste
Gen. derernsten
Dat. derernsten
Acc. dieernste

Neutral

Nom. dasernste
Gen. desernsten
Dat. demernsten
Acc. dasernste

Plural

Nom. dieernsten
Gen. derernsten
Dat. denernsten
Acc. dieernsten
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Mixed declension

The mixed inflection of the adjective ernst with the indefinite article 'ein' or with pronouns like 'kein' and 'mein'

Masculine

Nom. einernster
Gen. einesernsten
Dat. einemernsten
Acc. einenernsten

Feminine

Nom. eineernste
Gen. einerernsten
Dat. einerernsten
Acc. eineernste

Neutral

Nom. einernstes
Gen. einesernsten
Dat. einemernsten
Acc. einernstes

Plural

Nom. keineernsten
Gen. keinerernsten
Dat. keinenernsten
Acc. keineernsten

Predicative use

Using ernst as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristernst
Fem.sieisternst
Neut.esisternst

Plural

siesindernst

Examples

Example sentences for ernst

  • Ist es ernst ? 
    English Is it something serious?
  • Das sind ernste Probleme. 
    English These are serious problems.
  • Das ist ein ernstes Problem. 
    English It is a serious problem.
  • Jane steckt in ernsten Schwierigkeiten. 
    English Jane is in serious trouble.
  • Zwischen uns wurde es schnell ernst . 
    English Things quickly got serious between us.
  • Tom ist ein sehr ernster Typ. 
    English Tom is a very serious guy.
  • Ob Tom das wohl wirklich ernst meinte? 
    English I wonder if Tom really meant what he said.
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Translations

Translation of German ernst

German ernst
English grave, serious, earnest, severe, threatening
Russian серьезный, серьёзно, всерьёз, серьёзный
Spanish serio, grave
French sérieux, grave
Turkish ciddi, ağır, önemli
Portuguese sério, grave
Italian serio, grave, minaccioso
Romanian serios, grav, grave
Hungarian komoly, súlyos, szigorú
Polish poważny, seriozny
Greek σοβαρός, επικίνδυνος
Dutch ernstig, serieus, bedreigend
Czech vážný, seriózní
Swedish allvarlig, allvarsam, seriös
Danish alvorlig, seriøs
Japanese 真剣な, 厳粛な, 深刻な, 真面目な, 重大
Catalan seriós, greu, seriosa
Finnish tosissaan, vakava, uhkaava
Norwegian seriøs, alvorlig
Basque serio, mehatxu
Serbian ozbiljan, seriozan, ozbiljno
Macedonian сериозен
Slovenian resen, vak, resno
Slowakisch seriózny, vážny
Bosnian ozbiljan, seriozan
Croatian ozbiljan, seriozan
Ukrainian серйозний, поважний, статечний
Bulgarian сериозен, опасен, тежък
Belorussian сур'ёзны, небяспечны, сур'ёзны стан
Indonesian serius, berbahaya, mengancam
Vietnamese nghiêm trọng, nghiêm túc, nguy hiểm, đe dọa
Uzbek jiddiy, tahdidli, xavfli
Hindi गंभीर, खतरनाक, धमकीपूर्ण
Chinese 不祥, 严重, 认真, 险恶
Thai จริงจัง, น่ากลัว, ร้ายแรง, อันตราย
Korean 불길한, 심각한, 위협적인, 진지한
Azerbaijani ciddi, hədələyici, təhlükəli
Georgian სერიოზული, მუქარიანი, საშიში
Bengali গম্ভীর, গুরুতর, বিপজ্জনক, হুমকিসূচক
Albanian serioz, kërcënues, rrezikshëm
Marathi गंभीर, धोकादायक, भयावह
Nepali गम्भीर, खतरनाक, धम्कीपूर्ण
Telugu గంభీర, ప్రమాదకరమైన, బెదిరించే
Latvian nopietns, bīstams, draudīgs
Tamil கடுமையான, அச்சுறுத்தும், அபாயகரமான
Estonian tõsine, ohtlik, ähvardav
Armenian լուրջ, խորը, սպառնալից, վտանգավոր
Kurdish cîdî, xeternak
Hebrewרציני، חמור، מאיים
Arabicجاد، خطير، مهدد
Persianجدی
Urduخطرناک، سنجیدہ، مخلص

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of ernst
  • ohne Spaß, ohne Scherz, ohne Humor, ohne Ironie, drohend, emotionslos, entschieden, humorlos, maskenhaft
  • über einen Zustand, der schlimme Konsequenzen haben kann, bedrohlich, bedrohlich, ernsthaft, schwierig
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Declension and comparison forms of ernst

Summary of all declination forms and forms of comparisons of the adjective ernst in all genera and cases

The declension and comparison of ernst as declination and comparison tables with all strong, weak and mixed forms. These become clear as tables in the singular and plural and in all four cases nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.

Comparison of adjectives ernst

positive ernst
comparative ernster
superlative am ernstesten
  • positive: ernst
  • comparative: ernster
  • superlative: am ernstesten

Strong declension ernst

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. ernster ernste ernstes ernste
Gen. ernsten ernster ernsten ernster
Dat. ernstem ernster ernstem ernsten
Acc. ernsten ernste ernstes ernste
  • Masculine: ernster, ernsten, ernstem, ernsten
  • Feminine: ernste, ernster, ernster, ernste
  • Neutral: ernstes, ernsten, ernstem, ernstes
  • Plural: ernste, ernster, ernsten, ernste

Weak declension ernst

  • Masculine: der ernste, des ernsten, dem ernsten, den ernsten
  • Feminine: die ernste, der ernsten, der ernsten, die ernste
  • Neutral: das ernste, des ernsten, dem ernsten, das ernste
  • Plural: die ernsten, der ernsten, den ernsten, die ernsten

Mixed declension ernst

  • Masculine: ein ernster, eines ernsten, einem ernsten, einen ernsten
  • Feminine: eine ernste, einer ernsten, einer ernsten, eine ernste
  • Neutral: ein ernstes, eines ernsten, einem ernsten, ein ernstes
  • Plural: keine ernsten, keiner ernsten, keinen ernsten, keine ernsten

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 74185, 74185

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 2233494, 11457008, 2748581, 7696951, 4537438, 5259322, 5486616

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