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German
Etymology
From Middle High German ernesthaft, from Old High German ernusthafti. By surface analysis, Ernst (“seriousness”) + -haft (“adjectival suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛʁnsthaft/
- Hyphenation: ernst‧haft
Adjective
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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Adverb
ernsthaft
- seriously
- ernsthaft krank. ― seriously ill.
- Selbstverständlich hat niemand ernsthaft daran gezweifelt. ― Of course, nobody seriously doubted it.
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