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ernst genommen

taken seriously

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taken seriously Usually used with werden in the passive: ernst genommen werden means “to be taken seriously.”
GE: Sie möchte bei der Arbeit ernst genommen werden.
EN: She wants to be taken seriously at work.

Um in diesem Land ernst genommen zu werden, muss man sich selbst ernst nehmen.

To be taken seriously in this country, you have to take yourself seriously.

— La Grande Bellezza - Die große Schönheit (2013)

Ich wollte ernst genommen werden.

I wanted to be taken seriously.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Wir haben ihn nie ernst genommen.

We never took him seriously.

— Almost Famous - Fast berühmt (2000)

Seine Mutter hat den Islam sehr ernst genommen.

His mother took Islam very seriously.

Tom hat uns wohl nicht ernst genommen.

Tom probably didn't take us seriously.

Um eher ernst genommen zu werden.

So that I would be taken more seriously.

— Blau ist eine warme Farbe (2013)

Wir haben das nie ernst genommen.

We never took it seriously.

— Das Waisenhaus (2007)