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german word of the day: anxious
when used to mean...
-afraid, fearful, poor-spirited, timid, half-hearted - ängstlich
-trembling, afraid - bange (zB: "keine Bange" (as noun), "kein Angst")
-alarming, ominous, precarious, risky, concerning - bedenklich
-anxious for, to aim to do, to work towards, to be keen for - bemüht (zB: "bemüht sein, etw. zu tun") AND bestrebt (zB: "um etw. bestrebt sein")
-apprehensive, careful, considerate, worried - besorgt (zB: "um etw./ über jmdn./etw. besorgt sein")
-anxious about - darauf bedacht (also: well-considered - "wohl bedacht / wohlbedacht"; intent on - "bedacht auf"; care, intent, deliberation, thought - "der Bedacht")
-agitated, disturbed, fitful, uneasy, fidgety, disquieting, fretful - unruhig (zB: to be axious about sthg. - "wegen einer Sache unruhig sein")
when used to mean...
-afraid, fearful, poor-spirited, timid, half-hearted - ängstlich
-trembling, afraid - bange (zB: "keine Bange" (as noun), "kein Angst")
-alarming, ominous, precarious, risky, concerning - bedenklich
-anxious for, to aim to do, to work towards, to be keen for - bemüht (zB: "bemüht sein, etw. zu tun") AND bestrebt (zB: "um etw. bestrebt sein")
-apprehensive, careful, considerate, worried - besorgt (zB: "um etw./ über jmdn./etw. besorgt sein")
-anxious about - darauf bedacht (also: well-considered - "wohl bedacht / wohlbedacht"; intent on - "bedacht auf"; care, intent, deliberation, thought - "der Bedacht")
-agitated, disturbed, fitful, uneasy, fidgety, disquieting, fretful - unruhig (zB: to be axious about sthg. - "wegen einer Sache unruhig sein")