Heidenangst
German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯dn̩ˌʔaŋst/
Heidenangst is spelled H-E-I-D-E-N-A-N-G-S-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heidenangst is a German feminine noun meaning “great fear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr große Angst”.
What does Heidenangst mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreat fear
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr große Angst
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Heidenangst?
- /ˈhaɪ̯dn̩ˌʔaŋst/
- [ˈhaɪ̯dn̩ˌʔaŋst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heidenangst in German?
Heidenangst appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).