angst

Meaning

fear, fright, anxiety

Concepts

fear

anxiety

fright

terror

anguish

dread

apprehension

worry

distress

consternation

horror

agony

awe

concern

scare

angst

harrow

scariness

affrightment

alarm

deer in the headlights

jitter

kerfuffle

panic

reverence

veneration

worshipfulness

dwere

disquietude

kiaugh

apprehensiveness

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑŋst/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch anxt, from Old Dutch *angust, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz, an abstract noun derived from the adjective *anguz. Similar abstract noun derivations from an adjective are dienst and ernst. Cognates include Middle Low German angest, Old High German angust, Middle High German angest, German Angst, Old Frisian ongosta, West Frisian eangst. See also eng.

Sentences

Je moet geen angst hebben voor spinnen .

You shouldn't be afraid of spiders.

De angst voor spinnen wordt ook wel arachnofobie genoemd .

The fear of spiders is also called arachnophobia.

Dat is weer te wijten aan een misplaatste angst voor de islam .

This is again due to a misplaced fear of Islam.