fear

fear
[fɪəʳ, Am fɪr] n
1) no pl (dread) Angst f, Furcht f (of vor +dat);
to put the \fear of God into sb jdm einen heiligen Schrecken einjagen;
\fear of heights Höhenangst f;
in \fear of one's life in Todesangst;
in \fear and trembling zitternd vor Angst;
to go in \fear of sth in ständiger Angst vor etw dat leben;
to have a \fear of sth vor etw dat Angst haben;
for \fear of doing sth aus Angst, etw zu tun;
for \fear that [or (liter) lest] ... aus Angst, dass ...;
to be in \fear of sth vor etw dat Angst haben;
he was in \fear of his life er fürchtete um sein Leben;
to do sth out of \fear etw aus Angst tun; see also strike
2) (worry) Sorge f kein pl, Befürchtung f;
there are \fears that ... es gibt Befürchtungen, dass ...;
\fears for sb's life/safety Sorge f um jds Leben/Sicherheit;
sb's worst \fears jds schlimmste Befürchtungen
3) no pl (old: respect) Ehrfurcht f;
\fear of God [or the Lord] Gottesfurcht f
PHRASES:
without \fear or favour völlig unparteiisch;
no \fear! (Brit, Aus) (fam) bestimmt nicht!;
there's no [or isn't any] \fear of that! das ist nicht zu befürchten!;
there isn't any \fear of your getting lost du brauchst keine Angst zu haben, dass du dich verirrst vt
1) (dread)
to \fear sb/sth jdn/etw fürchten;
what do you \fear most? wovor hast du am meisten Angst?;
to have nothing to \fear nichts zu befürchten haben;
to \fear doing/to do sth Angst davor haben [o sich akk davor fürchten] , etw zu tun
2) (form: regret)
to \fear [that] ... befürchten, dass ...
3) (old: respect)
to \fear God Gott fürchten vi
1) (form: worry)
to \fear for sb/sth sich dat um etw akk Sorgen machen;
to \fear for sb's life/sanity um jds Leben/Verstand fürchten;
never \fear, \fear not (dated) keine Angst
2) (liter: be afraid) sich akk fürchten

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