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Ernst

Ernst proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Ernst

  1. A surname.

Origin of Ernst

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

Words formed from Ernst

Phrases with Ernst

Questions about Ernst

What does Ernst mean?
Ernst means a surname.
What part of speech is Ernst?
Ernst is a proper noun.

Words near Ernst in the dictionary

  1. Ernos
  2. erns
  3. Ernsberger
  4. Ernsbergers
  5. Ernseh
  6. Ernst
  7. Ernst equation
  8. ernstburkeite
  9. Ernster
  10. Ernsters
  11. Ernstian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ernst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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