angst

English

/æŋ(k)st/, [eɪŋ(k)st]

noun
Definitions
  • Emotional turmoil; painful sadness.
  • A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Angst (fear, anxiety, anguish) borrowed from Danish angst (anxiety, anxious, angst, fear) derived from Middle High German angest derived from Old High German angust derived from Proto-Germanic *angustiz root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enǵʰ-

Gloss

narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict

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