/ahngkst/ , n. , pl. ängste /engk"steuh/ .
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
[ 1840-50; Angst fear, anxiety, OHG angust (c. MLG angest, MD anxt ), equiv. to ang- (akin to eng narrow, constricted) + -st abstract nominal suffix, perh. a conglomerate of a suffix * -os- + * -ti- suffix forming abstracts ]