Verb

hängen

Translation

to hang, to be hanging, to be attached to

Das Bild hängt an der Wand.

The picture is hanging on the wall.

Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand.

I am hanging the picture on the wall.

Er hängt sehr an seiner Familie.

He is very attached to his family.

((on sth.dat)) to be hanging on sth. (intransitive) The jacket is hanging on the hook.

((sth.acc)) ((on sth.acc)) to hang sth. on sth. (transitive) She is hanging the laundry on the line.

((on sb./sth.dat)) to be attached to sb./sth. (figurative) The child is attached to his mother.

Synonyms: aufhängen (to hang up); Antonyms: abnehmen (to take down), legen (to lay), stellen (to put/stand)

Derived from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną, it is a direct cognate of the English verb 'to hang'.

Key distinction: 'Das Bild HING' (The picture was hanging - strong verb, a state). 'Ich HÄNGTE das Bild' (I hung the picture - weak verb, an action).