"angst" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ɑŋst/ Audio: Nl-angst.ogg Forms: angsten [plural], angstje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|anxt}} Middle Dutch anxt, {{inh|nl|odt|*angust}} Old Dutch *angust, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*angustiz}} Proto-Germanic *angustiz, {{cog|gml|angest}} Middle Low German angest, {{cog|goh|angust}} Old High German angust, {{cog|gmh|angest}} Middle High German angest, {{cog|de|Angst}} German Angst, {{cog|ofs|ongosta}} Old Frisian ongosta, {{cog|fy|eangst}} West Frisian eangst Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} angst m (plural angsten, diminutive angstje n)
  1. fear, fright, anxiety Tags: masculine Synonyms: huiver, schrik, vrees, vrucht Related terms: eng
    Sense id: en-angst-nl-noun-oHFV2GhK Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions Derived forms: angstaanjagend (english: terrifying), angstaanval (english: panic attack), angstbeeld (english: frightening image), angstcomplex (english: phobic complex), angstcultuur (english: culture of fear), angstdroom (english: nightmare), angstgevoel (english: feeling of fear), angsthaas (english: coward), angstig (english: fearful), angstklacht (english: symptom of anxiety), angstkreet (english: cry of fear), angstneurose (english: anxious neurosis), angstpsychose (english: psychosis of fear), angstschreeuw (english: cry of fear), angststoornis (english: anxiety disorder), angstzweet (english: cold sweat), beangsten (english: to make fearful), bindingsangst (english: fear of commitment), doodsangst (english: mortal terror), faalangst (english: performance anxiety), gewetensangst (english: anxiety of conscience), plasangst (english: paruresis), rijangst (english: fear of driving), schoolangst (english: fear of school), separatieangst (english: separation anxiety), verlatingsangst (english: separation anxiety; fear of abandonment), vliegangst (english: fear of flying), vreemdelingenangst (english: xenophobia)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "angs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "anxt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch anxt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*angust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *angust",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*angustiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *angustiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "angest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German angest",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "angust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German angust",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "angest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German angest",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Angst"
      },
      "expansion": "German Angst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ongosta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian ongosta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "eangst"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian eangst",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angsten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angstje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "angst m (plural angsten, diminutive angstje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "angst"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "nl:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "terrifying",
          "translation": "terrifying",
          "word": "angstaanjagend"
        },
        {
          "english": "panic attack",
          "translation": "panic attack",
          "word": "angstaanval"
        },
        {
          "english": "frightening image",
          "translation": "frightening image",
          "word": "angstbeeld"
        },
        {
          "english": "phobic complex",
          "translation": "phobic complex",
          "word": "angstcomplex"
        },
        {
          "english": "culture of fear",
          "translation": "culture of fear",
          "word": "angstcultuur"
        },
        {
          "english": "nightmare",
          "translation": "nightmare",
          "word": "angstdroom"
        },
        {
          "english": "feeling of fear",
          "translation": "feeling of fear",
          "word": "angstgevoel"
        },
        {
          "english": "coward",
          "translation": "coward",
          "word": "angsthaas"
        },
        {
          "english": "fearful",
          "translation": "fearful",
          "word": "angstig"
        },
        {
          "english": "symptom of anxiety",
          "translation": "symptom of anxiety",
          "word": "angstklacht"
        },
        {
          "english": "cry of fear",
          "translation": "cry of fear",
          "word": "angstkreet"
        },
        {
          "english": "anxious neurosis",
          "translation": "anxious neurosis",
          "word": "angstneurose"
        },
        {
          "english": "psychosis of fear",
          "translation": "psychosis of fear",
          "word": "angstpsychose"
        },
        {
          "english": "cry of fear",
          "translation": "cry of fear",
          "word": "angstschreeuw"
        },
        {
          "english": "anxiety disorder",
          "translation": "anxiety disorder",
          "word": "angststoornis"
        },
        {
          "english": "cold sweat",
          "translation": "cold sweat",
          "word": "angstzweet"
        },
        {
          "english": "to make fearful",
          "translation": "to make fearful",
          "word": "beangsten"
        },
        {
          "english": "fear of commitment",
          "translation": "fear of commitment",
          "word": "bindingsangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "mortal terror",
          "translation": "mortal terror",
          "word": "doodsangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "performance anxiety",
          "translation": "performance anxiety",
          "word": "faalangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "anxiety of conscience",
          "translation": "anxiety of conscience",
          "word": "gewetensangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "paruresis",
          "translation": "paruresis",
          "word": "plasangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "fear of driving",
          "translation": "fear of driving",
          "word": "rijangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "fear of school",
          "translation": "fear of school",
          "word": "schoolangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "separation anxiety",
          "translation": "separation anxiety",
          "word": "separatieangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "separation anxiety; fear of abandonment",
          "translation": "separation anxiety; fear of abandonment",
          "word": "verlatingsangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "fear of flying",
          "translation": "fear of flying",
          "word": "vliegangst"
        },
        {
          "english": "xenophobia",
          "translation": "xenophobia",
          "word": "vreemdelingenangst"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fear, fright, anxiety"
      ],
      "id": "en-angst-nl-noun-oHFV2GhK",
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "fright",
          "fright"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "eng"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "huiver"
        },
        {
          "word": "schrik"
        },
        {
          "word": "vrees"
        },
        {
          "word": "vrucht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑŋst/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-angst.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Nl-angst.ogg/Nl-angst.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Nl-angst.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑŋst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "angst"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "terrifying",
      "translation": "terrifying",
      "word": "angstaanjagend"
    },
    {
      "english": "panic attack",
      "translation": "panic attack",
      "word": "angstaanval"
    },
    {
      "english": "frightening image",
      "translation": "frightening image",
      "word": "angstbeeld"
    },
    {
      "english": "phobic complex",
      "translation": "phobic complex",
      "word": "angstcomplex"
    },
    {
      "english": "culture of fear",
      "translation": "culture of fear",
      "word": "angstcultuur"
    },
    {
      "english": "nightmare",
      "translation": "nightmare",
      "word": "angstdroom"
    },
    {
      "english": "feeling of fear",
      "translation": "feeling of fear",
      "word": "angstgevoel"
    },
    {
      "english": "coward",
      "translation": "coward",
      "word": "angsthaas"
    },
    {
      "english": "fearful",
      "translation": "fearful",
      "word": "angstig"
    },
    {
      "english": "symptom of anxiety",
      "translation": "symptom of anxiety",
      "word": "angstklacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "cry of fear",
      "translation": "cry of fear",
      "word": "angstkreet"
    },
    {
      "english": "anxious neurosis",
      "translation": "anxious neurosis",
      "word": "angstneurose"
    },
    {
      "english": "psychosis of fear",
      "translation": "psychosis of fear",
      "word": "angstpsychose"
    },
    {
      "english": "cry of fear",
      "translation": "cry of fear",
      "word": "angstschreeuw"
    },
    {
      "english": "anxiety disorder",
      "translation": "anxiety disorder",
      "word": "angststoornis"
    },
    {
      "english": "cold sweat",
      "translation": "cold sweat",
      "word": "angstzweet"
    },
    {
      "english": "to make fearful",
      "translation": "to make fearful",
      "word": "beangsten"
    },
    {
      "english": "fear of commitment",
      "translation": "fear of commitment",
      "word": "bindingsangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "mortal terror",
      "translation": "mortal terror",
      "word": "doodsangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "performance anxiety",
      "translation": "performance anxiety",
      "word": "faalangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "anxiety of conscience",
      "translation": "anxiety of conscience",
      "word": "gewetensangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "paruresis",
      "translation": "paruresis",
      "word": "plasangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "fear of driving",
      "translation": "fear of driving",
      "word": "rijangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "fear of school",
      "translation": "fear of school",
      "word": "schoolangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "separation anxiety",
      "translation": "separation anxiety",
      "word": "separatieangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "separation anxiety; fear of abandonment",
      "translation": "separation anxiety; fear of abandonment",
      "word": "verlatingsangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "fear of flying",
      "translation": "fear of flying",
      "word": "vliegangst"
    },
    {
      "english": "xenophobia",
      "translation": "xenophobia",
      "word": "vreemdelingenangst"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "angs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "anxt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch anxt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*angust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *angust",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*angustiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *angustiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "angest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German angest",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "angust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German angust",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "angest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German angest",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Angst"
      },
      "expansion": "German Angst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "ongosta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian ongosta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "eangst"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian eangst",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "angsten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angstje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "angst m (plural angsten, diminutive angstje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "angst"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "eng"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑŋst",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑŋst/1 syllable",
        "nl:Emotions"
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      "glosses": [
        "fear, fright, anxiety"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "fright",
          "fright"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "huiver"
        },
        {
          "word": "schrik"
        },
        {
          "word": "vrees"
        },
        {
          "word": "vrucht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑŋst/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-angst.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/Nl-angst.ogg/Nl-angst.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Nl-angst.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑŋst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "angst"
}

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