Sturm und Drang

Meaning

1. A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
2. Turmoil; a period of emotional intensity and anxiety.

Synonyms

turbulence

turmoil

upheaval

combustion

storm and stress

mess

shambles

Translations

Sturm und Drang

daltabaix

à-coup

turbulence

Sturm und Drang

turbolenza

turbulència

turbulência

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtəɹm ʊnt ˈdɹaŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sturm und Drang with the same figurative meaning, from Sturm (“storm”) + und (“and”) + Drang (“pressure, stress; urge, impulse, longing”). The phrase is the title of the play Sturm und Drang (1776) by German dramatist Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831).
The fact that the phrase is often italicized suggests it has not been fully assimilated into English.