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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahngkst, angst
Phonetic Transcription : ɑŋkst, æŋst



Definition of angst

Origin :
  • 1944, from German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German angust, from the root of anger. George Eliot used it (in German) in 1849, and it was popularized in English by translation of Freud's work, but as a foreign word until 1940s. Old English had a cognate word, angsumnes "anxiety," but it died out.
  • noun feeling of anxiety

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