Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ernster

/ˈɝnstɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ern-ster
IPA: /ˈɝnstɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernster, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Ernster

Inflected Forms

Ernsters (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ernster?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɝnstɚ/.
What does ernster mean?: A surname from German.
Where does ernster come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce ernster

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