Ernsthaftigkeit
German, noun[ˈɛʁnsthaftɪçkaɪ̯t]
Ernsthaftigkeit is spelled E-R-N-S-T-H-A-F-T-I-G-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ernsthaftigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “sobriety, seriousness, earnestness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung/Haltung, ernsthaft zu sein”.
What does Ernsthaftigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesobriety, seriousness, earnestness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung/Haltung, ernsthaft zu sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ernsthaftigkeit
- Ernsthaftigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ernsthaftigkeit?
- [ˈɛʁnsthaftɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈɛʁnsthaftɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ernsthaftigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ernsthaftigkeit in German?
Ernsthaftigkeit appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).