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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ernst, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Noun
earnst c (no plural)
- seriousness, earnest
- Synonym: ynmoed
Further reading
- “earnst”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011