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German
Etymology
From Middle High German bangen, pangen, from Middle High German bange (“fear”). Compare Middle High German angen (“to fear”). More at bang.
Pronunciation
Verb
bangen (weak, third-person singular present bangt, past tense bangte, past participle gebangt, auxiliary haben)
- to feel dread or fear, especially for someone else without being able to do something about it.
Sie bangte um sein Leben.- She feared for his life.
1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:Die Menschen wurden geboren und breiteten sich über die Erde aus; sie hofften und verzweifelten, bangten und freuten sich ihres Lebens, verlangten nach Macht, nach Reichtum, nach Ruhm, liebten und haßten, halfen einander und töteten einander.- People were born and spread out across the Earth; they hoped and they despaired, dreaded and rejoiced for their lives, yearned for power, for wealth, for fame, they loved and they hated, helped each other and killed each other.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
bangen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
bangen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
Maranao
Noun
bangen
- encumbrance
Verb
bangen
- to hinder, to interfere, to restrict