zagen

Meaning

to hesitate, to be apprehensive

Concepts

fear

😨

be afraid

frighten

hesitate

scare

😨

rock

🪨

be afraid of

falter

stagger

totter

vacillate

waver

wobble

intimidate

affright

chill

alarm

startle

Opposite of

wagen

Synonyms

befürchten

😨

sich ängstigen

wackeln

taumeln

zögern

zaudern

fürchten

😨

sich ängsten

ängstigen

abschrecken

verscheuchen

schwanken

einschüchtern

schwanen

bangen

Translations

schromen

😨

temere

😨

duchten

😨

temer

😨

timere

vrezen

😨

bang zijn voor

terugschrikken voor

ter medo de

recear

😨

témer

😨

temer

😨

aver timore

redouter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: zagen

Inherited from Old High German: erzagēn

Inherited from Old High German: *aʒ-agēn

Cognate with English: awe

Cognate with Sanskrit: अघ

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἄχος

In summary

From Middle High German zagen, from Old High German erzagēn, with further origin unclear. Often assumed to be from a hypothetical Old High German *aʒ-agēn and Proto-Germanic *at-agēn, with an incorrect separation of *at (“at”). *agēn (“fear”) would be related to Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”) and thus be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos (“distress”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”), whence English awe, Sanskrit अघ (agha, “bad, evil”), and Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”).