èèrnscht
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editTransferred from the noun Èèrnscht (“seriousness”) after the Middle High German period. Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. Cognate with German ernst, English earnest.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editèèrnscht
- serious
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Das wird nit so ärnscht si.
- It won't be that serious.