Before you start
Meet hängen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 7 meanings
- (intransitive) to hang, to be suspended [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’]
- (intransitive, figurative) to be attached to; to be fond of; to be devoted to; to cling to [with an (+ dative) ‘someone’]
- (intransitive, figurative, somewhat informal) to depend [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’]
- (transitive, colloquial, otherwise proscribed) to hang, to suspend [with accusative ‘something’ and an (+ accusative) ‘on(to) something’]
- (transitive) to hang, to suspend [with accusative ‘something’ and an (+ accusative) ‘on(to) something’]
- (transitive) to hang, to execute by hanging
Forms
How hängen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hänge | hängte |
| du | hängst | hängtest |
| er/sie/es | hängt | hängte |
| wir | hängen | hängten |
| ihr | hängt | hängtet |
| Sie | hängen | hängten |
Partizip II gehängt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand.I hang the picture on the wall.present, main clause
- 2Das Bild hat lange dort gehangen.The picture hung there for a long time.Perfekt, intransitive
- 3Sie bleibt im Zimmer, weil sie die Wäsche an die Leine hängt.She stays in the room because she’s hanging the laundry on the line.verb at the end after weil
Verb family
Separable verbs built on hängen
Add a prefix to hängen and the meaning changes.