ängstigen
German, verb
ängstigen is spelled Ä-N-G-S-T-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ängstigen is a German verb meaning “to alarm; to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ängstigen is a different word: “gerund of ängstigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden in Angst versetzen”.
What does ängstigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alarm; to frighten
- 2
to be afraid; to be worried
Wenn sich ein Passagier vor dem Abflug ängstigt, weil das Flugzeug repariert werden muss, und deshalb nicht mitfliegt, rechnet er mit Verständnis des Reiseveranstalters.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ängstigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden in Angst versetzen 2. reflexiv: vor etwas Angst, Furcht haben
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 ängstigen
- ängstigt present singular third-person
- ängstigte past
- geängstigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ängstigend participle present
- ängstige first-person indicative present
- ängstigst indicative present second-person
- ängstigest second-person singular subjunctive
- ängstiget plural second-person subjunctive
- ängstigten first-person indicative plural
- ängstigtest indicative preterite second-person
- ängstigtet indicative plural preterite
- ängstig imperative second-person singular
- habe geängstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geängstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ängstige! imperative singular
- ängstigt! imperative plural
- geängstigt haben transitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ängstigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ängstigen in German?
ängstigen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).