# das ernstes Wörtchen

das ernstes Wörtchen is a German noun meaning “telling off”. Forms: des ernsten Wörtchens, die ernste Wörtchen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des ernsten Wörtchens
- Plural: die ernste Wörtchen

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ telling off, talking-to
   - mit jemandem ein ernstes Wörtchen reden — to tell someone off

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