Ernst

American  

[urnst, ernst] / ɜrnst, ɛrnst /

noun

1. Max 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.

2. a male given name, form of Ernest.

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Ernst British  

/ ɛrnst /

noun

1. Max (maks). 1891–1976, German painter, resident in France and the US, a prominent exponent of Dada and surrealism: developed the technique of collage

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Example Sentences

After a year of working often 80 hours a week at Ernst & Young, he took an accounting job with the Navy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The wryly funny “Seasons” is hardly a madcap romp in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, but it does have some kinship with “To Be or Not to Be,” the Ernst Lubitsch comedy of 1942.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesperson for Ernst said last week that the senator “remains focused on ensuring taxpayer investments in R&D do not benefit China and actually deliver cutting-edge technology for our warfighters.”

From Los Angeles Times

In a footnote, she cited “The Dual State” by Jewish lawyer and writer Ernst Fraenkel, about Adolf Hitler creating a similar system in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet Münter has long been overshadowed by contemporaries like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who veered into acerbic expressionism, and Wassily Kandinsky, who migrated toward pure abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal