Distress

"Distress" in German

Bedrängnis

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Bedrängnis

((cause of) discomfort)

Bekümmernis

((cause of) discomfort)

Bekümmerung

((cause of) discomfort)

Bergnot

(serious danger)

Drangsal

((cause of) discomfort)

Elend

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Kummer

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Kummer

((cause of) discomfort)

Not

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Not

(serious danger)

Notfall

((cause of) discomfort)

Notfall

(serious danger)

Notlage

((cause of) discomfort)

Notlage

(serious danger)

Seenot

(serious danger)

Unbehagen

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Unbehagen

((cause of) discomfort)

Verzweiflung

(Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

maladaptive Coping

(medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)

(künstlich) altern

(to treat to make look old)

auf alt trimmen (vt.)

Möbel, Kleidung

(to treat to make look old)

bedrücken

(to cause strain or anxiety)

bekümmern

(to cause strain or anxiety)

heimsuchen

(to cause strain or anxiety)

in Beschlag nehmen

(to retain someone’s property)

patinieren

(to treat to make look old)

peinigen

(to cause strain or anxiety)

quälen

(to cause strain or anxiety)

zurückbehalten

(to retain someone’s property)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.