angst

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 References 1.6 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 Related terms 4 Norwegian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 4.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Introduced from Danish angst via existentialist Søren Kierkegaard, from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust. See Proto-Indo-European *angh-. Also related to the German and Dutch Angst.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canadian, UK) IPA: /æŋkst/, SAMPA: /{Nkst/

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[edit] Noun

angst (uncountable)

1. A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
2. More commonly, painful sadness or emotional turmoil, as teen angst.

[edit] Derived terms

• angst bunny, angstbunny
• angsty
• teen angst

[edit] Verb

to angst (third-person singular simple present angsts, present participle angsting, simple past and past participle angsted)

1. (informal) To suffer angst; to fret.
   • 2001, Joseph P Natoli, Postmodern Journeys: Film and Culture, 1996-1998

     In the second scene, the camera switches to the father listening, angsting, dying inside, but saying nothing.

   • 2006, Liz Ireland, Three Bedrooms in Chelsea

     She'd never angsted so much about her head as she had in the past twenty-four hours. Why the hell hadn't she just left it alone?

[edit] References

• angst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “angst” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “angst” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “angst” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: agnst
• 'ganst
• gnats
• stang
• tangs

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Adjective

angst

1. afraid, anxious, alarmed

[edit] Noun

angst c. (singular definite angsten, not used in plural form)

1. fear, alarm, apprehension, dread
2. anxiety
3. angst

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

angst m. (plural angsten, diminutive angstje, diminutive plural angstjes)

1. fear, angst, anxiety

[edit] Synonyms

• schrik
• vrees

[edit] Related terms

• angsthaas
• angstig
• angstpsychose

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Low German, related to anger.

[edit] Noun

angst m. (definite singular angsten; uncountable)

1. (singulare tantum) angst

[edit] Derived terms

• angstbiter
• angstskrik
• dødsangst
• kastrasjonsa
• plassangst
• prestasjonsangst
• seksualangst

[edit] References

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