hängen
German (Berlin)
/ˈhɛŋən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to hang; to be suspended
- (intransitive) to be attached to; to be fond of; to be devoted to; to cling to
- (intransitive) to depend on
- (transitive) to hang something; to suspend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hāhen inherited from Old High German hāhan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną derived from Middle Low German hangen.
Origin
Middle Low German
hangen
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behang English
- forhang English
- hang English
- hang-by English
- hangability English
- hangable English
- hangbird English
- hangboard English
- hangdog English
- hangee English
- hanger English
- hangest English
- hangeth English
- hangle English
- hangman English
- hangnail English
- hangnest English
- hangout English
- hangover English
- hangtag English
- hangtime English
- hangwoman English
- hangworthy English
- overhang English
- rehang English
- straphang English
- underhang English
- unhang English
- uphang English
- Anhänger German
- Anhängsel German
- Bühnenvorhang German
- Duschvorhang German
- Eiserner Vorhang German
- Gleiter German
- Hang German
- Hängegleiter German
- Hängematte German
- Matte German
- Vorhang German
- Vorhangstoff German
- abhängen German
- abhängig German
- anhängen German
- anhänglich German
- aufhängen German
- durchhängen German
- erhängen German
- nachhängen German
- nebelverhangen German
- reinhängen German
- verhängen German
- zusammen German
- zusammenhängen German
- aanhangen Dutch, Flemish
- afhangen Dutch, Flemish
- behangen Dutch, Flemish
- hamak Dutch, Flemish
- hangbrug Dutch, Flemish
- hangen Dutch, Flemish
- hanger Dutch, Flemish
- hangjongere Dutch, Flemish
- hangmat Dutch, Flemish
- hangplant Dutch, Flemish
- hangslot Dutch, Flemish
- hangsnor Dutch, Flemish
- hengsel Dutch, Flemish
- ophangen Dutch, Flemish
- rondhangen Dutch, Flemish
- samenhangen Dutch, Flemish
- uithangen Dutch, Flemish
- verhangen Dutch, Flemish
- voorhang Dutch, Flemish
- voorhangen Dutch, Flemish
- hanguear Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱonk- Proto-Indo-European
- avhenge Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanhaną Proto-Germanic
- firana Polish
- hon Old English
- hōn Old English
- hanga Old Norse
- hengja Old Norse
- afhænge Danish
- hænge Danish
- hænge sammen Danish
- hængebro Danish
- fering Serbo-Croatian
- forhang Serbo-Croatian
- hanger Cebuano
- haen Middle Dutch
- hangen Middle Dutch
- hāhan Old High German
- hang Afrikaans
- hāhen Middle High German
- anhänken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hänken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- הענגען Yiddish
- hangon Old Dutch
- hān Old Dutch
- hangen Middle Low German
- hangan Cimbrian
- hahan Old Saxon
- hāhan Old Saxon
- anga Sranan Tongo