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