èèrnscht

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • ärnscht

Etymology

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

Adjective

èèrnscht

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