angust

English

Etymology

From Latin angustus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

angust (comparative more angust, superlative most angust)

  1. (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.

References

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *angusti, from Proto-Germanic *angustiz.

Noun

angust m

  1. fear, fright

Inflection

Declension of angust (masculine i-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative angust angusti
accusative angust angusti
genitive angustis angusto
dative angusti angustin, anguston

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: ancst, anxt, angest
    • Dutch: angst
      • Afrikaans: angs

References

  • “angust”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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