Angst 's a German, Danish, Norwegian and Dutch word for fear or anxiety. (Anguish's its Latinate equivalent.) It's used in English to describe an intense feeling of . The term Angst distinguishes itself from the word Furcht (German for "fear") in that Furcht usually refers to a material threat (arranged fear), while Angst's usually a nondirectional emotion. Angst normally means a feeling or fear towards anything strange coming up. In other languages having the meaning of the Latin word pavor, t… (More on Angst)