Before you start
Meet hängen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Verb family
Separable verbs built on hängen
Add a prefix to hängen and the meaning changes.
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
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hängen + der Mantel
Your challenge
- 1Use hängen in the present tense.
- 2Use der Mantel as the subject.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I hung the picturedas Bild on the walldie Wand.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When she camekommen homedas Zuhause, the coatder Mantel was hanging by the doordie Tür.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He is hanging the wetnass clothesdie Kleidung outsidedraußen because the sundie Sonne is shiningscheinen.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The picturedas Bild that hangs aboveüber the tableder Tisch is oldalt.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Can you hang my jacketdie Jacke herehier?
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I want to hang the photodas Foto in my roomdas Zimmer to seesehen it every dayjeden Tag.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Why is your bagdie Tasche hanging on the chairder Stuhl?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hängen + der Schlüssel + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use der Schlüssel as the subject of hängen.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What hangs on the walls in your home?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence.
- 2Use hängen to say what is hanging.