Besorgnis
German, noun/bəˈzɔʁknɪs/
Besorgnis is spelled B-E-S-O-R-G-N-I-S (9 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besorgnis is a German feminine noun meaning “worry, concern, anxiety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über eine längere Zeit andauerndes quälendes, bedrückendes Gefühl wegen bestimmter unangenehmer Erwartungen…”.
What does Besorgnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineworry, concern, anxiety
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. über eine längere Zeit andauerndes quälendes, bedrückendes Gefühl wegen bestimmter unangenehmer Erwartungen an die Zukunft
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 Besorgnis
- Besorgnisse plural
- Besorgnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Besorgnis?
- /bəˈzɔʁknɪs/
- [bəˈzɔʁknɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Besorgnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Besorgnis in German?
Besorgnis appears 2.7 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).