bang
Meaning
scared, frightened, afraid, fearful
Concepts
quake in one’s boots
Synonyms
angsterfüllt
mit flatterndem Herzen
angstbesetzt
Schrecken eingejagt
sich furchten
Angst eingejagt
mit Zittern und Zagen
in tausend Ängsten
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/baŋ/
Etymology
Originally an adverb, cf. mir ist bange. From Middle High German bange, an enlargement (with the prefix be-) of ange, Old High German ango (“narrowly, anxiously”), an adverb of engi (“narrow”), from Proto-Germanic *anguz.
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