Angst is a heavy mix of worry and unhappiness about your life, your future, or what you should do. It is not a small scare, and it is not the same as being angry. It sits deeper: a feeling that you cannot see a clear way, and it will not leave your chest.

Angst Angst（苦悶） is a heavy mix of worry and unhappiness是一種沉重的、混雜著擔憂和不快樂的感覺 about your life, your future, or what you should do關於你的人生、你的未來，或你該怎麼做。 It is not a small scare這不是小小的驚嚇， and it is not the same as being angry也不等於生氣。 It sits deeper它藏得更深： a feeling that you cannot see a clear way一種看不到清楚方向的感覺， and it will not leave your chest而且一直悶在心裡不走。

English borrowed the word from German Angst (and from Danish angst). For a long time it was written with a capital A, like the German word; people started writing it with a small a around the 1940s. It first showed up in English when people were translating a Danish thinker, Kierkegaard, so it sounded like a philosophy word.

English borrowed the word英文借用了這個字 from German Angst來自德文的Angst (and from Danish angst)（也來自丹麥文的angst）。 For a long time it was written with a capital A有很長一段時間，這個字的開頭寫大寫A， like the German word跟德文一樣； people started writing it with a small a around the 1940s大概到1940年代，大家才開始寫成小寫a。 It first showed up in English這個字第一次出現在英文裡 when people were translating a Danish thinker, Kierkegaard是在有人翻譯丹麥思想家齊克果的作品時， so it sounded like a philosophy word所以聽起來像個哲學用語。

Though actually, most people who say it now are not in a philosophy class. Parents talk about teen angst: that stormy stretch when a young person is miserable about everything and not sure who they are. Writers and singers use it too.

Though actually不過實際上， most people who say it now are not in a philosophy class現在講這個字的人大多不是在上哲學課。 Parents talk about teen angst家長會講到teen angst（青少年的苦悶）： that stormy stretch那段風風雨雨的日子， when a young person is miserable about everything and not sure who they are那時年輕人對什麼都不開心，也不確定自己是誰。 Writers and singers use it too作家和歌手也會用這個字。

It is a noun: a lot of angst, full of angst. Some people also use it as a casual verb — stop angsting about it — but that is chatty, not for a careful essay.

It is a noun這是個名詞： a lot of angst「a lot of angst」（很多苦悶）， full of angst「full of angst」（充滿苦悶）。 Some people also use it as a casual verb有些人也會把它當成隨性的動詞用—— stop angsting about it「stop angsting about it」（別再為這件事煩了）—— but that is chatty, not for a careful essay但這是很口語的說法，不適合用在正式的文章裡。

Friends may use it with a half-smile, as if the feeling is a bit of a performance; used about real pain, it can sound cold. People stretch it as a joke too (Monday angst, first-world angst), making a big word do a small job.

Friends may use it with a half-smile朋友之間講的時候可能會半開玩笑地笑一下， as if the feeling is a bit of a performance好像這種感覺有點是在演的； used about real pain, it can sound cold但如果拿來講真正的痛苦，聽起來可能會很冷淡。 People stretch it as a joke too大家也會開玩笑地把這個字用得更寬 (Monday angst, first-world angst)（像是Monday angst「週一苦悶」、first-world angst「先進國家的小煩惱」）， making a big word do a small job讓一個很重的字去做一件小事。