An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Anger

by Friedrich Kluge

Anger, m., ‘paddock, grass plot,’ from MidHG. anger, OHG. angar, m., ‘pasture land, grass plot, arable land’; allied to OIc. eng, enge, ‘meadow, pasture ground.’ The cognates can scarcely be derived from enge, ‘narrow’ (Teut. root ang). Trustworthy correspondences are wanting.