From Middle Dutch ernstich. Equivalent to ernst (“seriousness”) + -ig (“-y”).
ernstig (comparative ernstiger, superlative ernstigst)
Declension of ernstig | ||||
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uninflected | ernstig | |||
inflected | ernstige | |||
comparative | ernstiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | ernstig | ernstiger | het ernstigst het ernstigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | ernstige | ernstigere | ernstigste |
n. sing. | ernstig | ernstiger | ernstigste | |
plural | ernstige | ernstigere | ernstigste | |
definite | ernstige | ernstigere | ernstigste | |
partitive | ernstigs | ernstigers | — |