German word
ernst in German sentences
ernst means "serious" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Lara ist heute ernst.
Lara is serious today.
Die Gruppe wirkt nach dem Gespräch ernst.
The group seems serious after the conversation.
Der Freund wirkt ernst.
The friend seems serious.
Im Kurs bleibt das Kind ernst.
In the course, the child remains serious.
Nach der Antwort wirkt Lara ernst.
After the answer, Lara seems serious.
Common mistake
Do not treat ernst as a single isolated translation. Check how it behaves in the example sentence.