èèrnscht

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Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Transferred from the noun Èèrnscht (“seriousness”) after the Middle High German period. Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. Cognate with German ernst, English earnest.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

èèrnscht

  1. serious
    • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      Das wird nit so ärnscht si.
      It won't be that serious.
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