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die Zukunftsangst  fear of the future

Das Magazin „Time“ berichtet, dass Deutschlands größtes Problem „Zukunftsangst“ sei. Und im amerikanischen Magazin stand dieses Wort auf Deutsch.
Time magazine reports that Germany's biggest problem is "Zukunftsangst" (fear of the future). And in the American magazine this word was in German.

The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 15, 2005: "Zukunftsangst permeates the German mind. Fear of reform, fear of stagnation, fear of a failure of democracy, and now—the fear of a further growth of fear." - Guest commentary by Gabor Steingart, Berlin bureau chief for Der Spiegel

Related: die Angst (Ängste) fear(s)

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