English Explanatory Dictionary

Ernst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Ernst

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. Doublet of earnest.

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