todernst
German, adjective/ˈtoːtˌʔɛʁnst/
todernst is spelled T-O-D-E-R-N-S-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Todernst is a German adjective meaning “dead serious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst ernst, im Kontrast zu einer weniger ernsten Situation”.
What does todernst mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dead serious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. äußerst ernst, im Kontrast zu einer weniger ernsten Situation.
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 todernst
- todernster masculine nominative singular
- todernste feminine nominative singular
- todernstes neuter nominative singular
- todernsten genitive masculine singular
- todernstem dative masculine singular
- der todernste definite includes-article masculine
- die todernste definite feminine includes-article
- das todernste definite includes-article neuter
- die todernsten definite includes-article nominative
- des todernsten definite genitive includes-article
- der todernsten definite feminine genitive
- dem todernsten dative definite includes-article
- den todernsten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce todernst?
- /ˈtoːtˌʔɛʁnst/
- [ˈtoːtˌʔɛʁnst]
- [ˌtoːtˈʔɛʁnst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is todernst in German?
todernst appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).