bange
German, adjective
bange is spelled B-A-N-G-E (5 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bange is a German feminine adjective meaning “alternative form of bang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular of bang. With a capital, Bange is a different word: “fear; fright; anxiety”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Angst und/oder Sorge erfüllt”.
What does bange mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of bang
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininefear; fright; anxiety
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angst, Furcht, Scheu
adjective: 1. mit Angst und/oder Sorge erfüllt
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 bange
- banger masculine nominative singular
- bänger comparative
- am bangsten superlative
- am bängsten superlative
- banges neuter nominative singular
- bangen genitive masculine singular
- bangem dative masculine singular
- der bange definite includes-article masculine
- die bange definite feminine includes-article
- das bange definite includes-article neuter
- die bangen definite includes-article nominative
- des bangen definite genitive includes-article
- der bangen definite feminine genitive
- dem bangen dative definite includes-article
- den bangen dative definite includes-article
- bang variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bange
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bange in German?
bange appears 3.1 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).