ernstlich
[ˈɛʁnstlɪç]
The verdict
“ernstlich” is uncommon German (frequency #65,177 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,177
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit schwerwiegenden, weitreichenden Folgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ernstlich · ernstlich · German
ernstlich · rank #65,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,177
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ermunterte
Nearest frequency peer: ermunterte (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ernstlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erlösers
Erlösers
34,827 corpus weight
- ermahnte
ermahnte
34,826 corpus weight
- ermunterte
ermunterte
34,825 corpus weight
- ernstlich
ernstlich
34,824 corpus weight
- Erntehelfer
Erntehelfer
34,823 corpus weight
- Errettung
Errettung
34,822 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ernstlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ernstlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁnstlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ernstlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ernstlich is uncommon German at frequency #65,177 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛʁnstlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ernstlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ernstlich, spelled E-R-N-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1mit schwerwiegenden, weitreichenden Folgen
- 2ohne Verstellung
- 3Gefahr bringend, enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ernstlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir hatten verabredet, daß ich gleich nach Tisch, um drei zu ihm kommen sollte. Es war ein heller Tag im Oktober und Erhard nahm an, daß das Tageslicht bis gegen halb fünf Uhr vorhalten werde. Ich kam unpünktlich, wie immer, etwas nach halb vier. Erhard nahm mir das ernstlich übel […]“
„Nicht, daß sie damit jemals eine ernstliche Anspielung hätte machen wollen – ich erwähne es nur, weil ich gerade jetzt daran dachte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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