ernstzunehmend
German, adjective[ˈɛʁnstt͡suˌneːmənt]
ernstzunehmend is spelled E-R-N-S-T-Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N-D (14 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ernstzunehmend is a German adjective meaning “serious (to be taken seriously)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer Situation befindlich, die besorgniserregend und nicht ungefährlich ist”.
What does ernstzunehmend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
serious (to be taken seriously)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer Situation befindlich, die besorgniserregend und nicht ungefährlich ist
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 ernstzunehmend
- ernstzunehmender masculine nominative singular
- ernstzunehmende feminine nominative singular
- ernstzunehmendes neuter nominative singular
- ernstzunehmenden genitive masculine singular
- ernstzunehmendem dative masculine singular
- der ernstzunehmende definite includes-article masculine
- die ernstzunehmende definite feminine includes-article
- das ernstzunehmende definite includes-article neuter
- die ernstzunehmenden definite includes-article nominative
- des ernstzunehmenden definite genitive includes-article
- der ernstzunehmenden definite feminine genitive
- dem ernstzunehmenden dative definite includes-article
- den ernstzunehmenden dative definite includes-article
- ernst zu nehmend alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ernstzunehmend?
- [ˈɛʁnstt͡suˌneːmənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ernstzunehmend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ernstzunehmend in German?
ernstzunehmend appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).