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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bang.

scared, frightened, afraid, fearful

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/baŋ/
  1. scared, frightened, afraid, fearful

Where this word comes from

Originally an adverb, cf. mir ist bange. From Middle High German bange, an enlargement (with the prefix be-) of ange, Old High German ango (“narrowly, anxiously”), an adverb of engi (“narrow”), from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

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