 | English  | German |  |
| – |
 | serious {adj} | 7129 ernst |  |
 | serious {adj} | 1605 ernsthaft |  |
 | serious {adj} [publication, interest etc.] | 546 seriös [ernsthaft] |  |
 | serious {adj} [situation etc.] | 364 bedenklich |  |
 | serious {adj} [mistake, consequences etc.] | 293 schwerwiegend |  |
 | serious {adj} [grave] | 264 gravierend |  |
 | serious {adj} [having serious consequences] | 156 folgenreich [folgenschwer] |  |
 | serious {adj} [to be taken seriously] | 104 ernstzunehmend |  |
 | serious {adj} [considerable] | 87 beträchtlich |  |
 | serious {adj} [severe] | 81 massiv [heftig] |  |
 | serious {adj} [illness, mistake, disappointment etc.] | 54 schwer [schwerwiegend, ernst] |  |
 | serious {adj} | 31 ernstlich |  |
 | serious {adj} [sober, mature] | 22 gesetzt |  |
 | serious {adj} [considerable] [coll.] [attr.] | 20 erheblich [beträchtlich] |  |
 | serious {adj} [offer, request, etc.] | ernstgemeint |  |
 | serious {adj} [offer, request, etc.] | ernst gemeint [seriös] |  |
 | serious {adj} [to be taken seriously] | ernst zu nehmend [attr.] |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | bloody serious {adj} [Br.] [coll.] | todernst |  |
 | dead serious {adj} | todernst |  |
 | dead serious {adj} | völlig ernst |  |
 | deadly serious {adj} | bierernst [ugs.] |  |
 | deadly serious {adj} | bitterernst |  |
 | deadly serious {adj} | todernst |  |
 | deadly serious {adj} | äußerst ernst |  |
 | deathly serious {adj} | todernst |  |
 | fairly serious {adj} [accident, catastrophe] | mittelschwer |  |
 | more serious {adj} | ernster |  |
 | more serious {adj} | schwerer |  |
 | most serious {adj} | ernsteste |  |
 | most serious {adj} | schwerste |  |
 | non-serious {adj} | unseriös |  |
 | non-serious {adj} | nicht ernsthaft |  |
 | non-serious {adj} | nicht schwerwiegend |  |
 | serious-looking {adj} | ernst dreinblickend |  |
 | serious-minded {adj} | mit ernsthaften Interessen |  |
 | very serious {adj} | lebensgefährlich [Krankheit] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to be serious [about sth.] | es ernst meinen [mit etw.] |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | serious accident | ernster Unfall {m} |  |
 | serious accident | schwerer Unfall {m} |  |
 | serious accident [INES] | schwerer Unfall {m} [INES-Skala] |  |
 | serious accusation | schwerer Vorwurf {m} |  |
 | serious accusations | schwere Anschuldigungen {pl} |  |
 | serious advance | ernsthafter Fortschritt {m} |  |
 | serious argument | ernstzunehmendes Argument {n} |  |
 | serious argument | ernst zu nehmendes Argument {n} |  |
 | serious attempt | ernster Versuch {m} |  |
 | serious attempt | ernsthafter Versuch {m} |  |
 | serious burns | schwere Verbrennungen {pl} |  |
 | serious business | ernsthaftes Geschäft {n} |  |
 | serious business | ernstzunehmende Angelegenheit {f} |  |