wütend

Wütend is a German adjective meaning angry or furious, describing a strong emotional state of anger. It is used to refer to people who are visibly upset or enraged and can convey a level of intensity beyond more common terms like ärgerlich or sauer.

Etymology: Wütend is derived from the noun Wut, meaning anger or fury, with the suffix -end. The adjective is related to the verb wüten, which means to rage or run riot. The form reflects a state resulting from the action of Wut or Wüten.

Usage and grammar: Wütend is used predicatively and attributively. Examples: "Der Mann ist wütend." "Sie war wütend auf ihren Bruder." It can take prepositional complements such as "wütend auf jemanden" or "wütend über etwas." The adjective has comparative and superlative forms: "wütender" (more wütend) and "am wütendsten" (the most wütend). In phrases, adverbial intensifiers like "sehr wütend" are common. A closely related term is wütig, which also means furious but is used less frequently and can carry a more archaic or emphatic tone in some contexts.

See also: Wut, Wutanfall, Wutbürger. These terms illuminate related concepts such as the general emotion (Wut), a fit of anger (Wutanfall), and the contemporary political usage of anger in public discourse (Wutbürger).