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
Translations
bang
peureux
pauroso
tímido
medonhoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baŋ/
Etymology
In summary
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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