Angesicht
German, noun/ˈanɡəˌzɪçt/
Angesicht is spelled A-N-G-E-S-I-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angesicht is a German neuter noun meaning “face, visage, countenance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “menschliches Gesicht”.
What does Angesicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterface, visage, countenance
von Angesicht zu Angesicht
- 2
neuterface, confrontation
im Angesicht des Feindes / Todes
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menschliches Gesicht 2. direkte Sichtverbindung zu etwas beziehungsweise Erwartung von etwas Vorsehbarem
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Angesicht
- Angesichts genitive
- Angesichtes genitive
- Angesichter plural
- Angesichte dated plural
- Angesichtern dative definite plural
- Angesichten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Angesicht?
- /ˈanɡəˌzɪçt/
- [ˈʔan.ɡəˌzɪçt]
- [ˈʔaŋ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Angesicht in German?
Angesicht appears 5.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).