German adjective · CEFR B1
ernst
Meaning in English: serious, seriously
Example
Meinst du das ernst?
Are you serious?
How common is ernst?
ernst is number 1,476 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 62 times per million words — about once every 16,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,472das Rennenrace
- 1,473der Wechselchange, switch
- 1,474öffentlichpublic, publicly
- 1,475möglicherweisepossibly, perhaps
- 1,476ernstserious, seriously
- 1,477erfüllento fulfil, to meet (requirements)
- 1,478die Sitzungmeeting, session
- 1,479die Mehrheitmajority
- 1,480lebtlives
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,476
- The most common German adjectives#208
- German B1 vocabulary#449
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