Synonyms: be afraid of, be in a funk
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /fɪə̯*/ |
| Hyphenation | fear |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑓𐑦𐑼 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) fear | (I) feared |
| (thou) fearest | (thou) fearedst |
| (he) fears, feareth | (he) feared |
| (we) fear | (we) feared |
| (you) fear | (you) feared |
| (they) fear | (they) feared |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) fear | (I) feared |
| (thou) fear | (thou) feared |
| (he) fear | (he) feared |
| (we) fear | (we) feared |
| (you) fear | (you) feared |
| (they) fear | (they) feared |
| Imperative mood | |
| fear | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| fearing | feared |
| Afrikaans | vrees |
|---|---|
| Catalan | témer; tenir por |
| Czech | bát se |
| Danish | være bange; være bange for |
| Dutch | bang zijn; duchten; schromen; vrezen; vrees koesteren voor |
| English (Old English) | ondrædan |
| Esperanto | timi |
| Faeroese | óttast; vera bangin |
| Finnish | pelätä |
| French | avoir peur; craindre; redouter; avoir peur pour |
| German | fürchten; befürchten; sich fürchten vor |
| Icelandic | vera hræddur; vera hræddur við |
| Italian | temere |
| Jamaican Patois | fraitn fi |
| Latin | timere |
| Luxemburgish | fäerten |
| Malay | takut |
| Norwegian | frykte; være redd for |
| Polish | bać się |
| Portuguese | recear; temer |
| Russian | бояться |
| Saterland Frisian | besuurgje; Nood hääbe foar |
| Scottish Gaelic | gabh eagal |
| Spanish | temer |
| Sranan | frede |
| Swahili | ‐ogopa |
| Swedish | vara rädd för |
| Thai | กลัว; กลัวเกรง |
| West Frisian | bang wêze |
| Yiddish | מורא האָבן |