Verb

an|hängen

Translation

to attach, to hang on, to add, to follow

Kannst du das Bild an die Wand anhängen?

Can you hang the picture on the wall?

Ich werde die Datei der E-Mail anhängen.

I will attach the file to the email.

Er hat mir eine Erkältung angehängt.

He gave me a cold.

Man will ihm den Diebstahl anhängen.

They want to frame him for the theft.

((sth.)) ((to sth.)) to attach sth. to sth. Can you hang the picture on the wall?

((sb.dat)) ((sth.acc)) to give sb. sth. (a disease); to frame sb. for sth. He gave me a cold.

Synonyms: befestigen (to fasten), anbringen (to attach); Antonyms: abhängen (to take down), entfernen (to remove)

From the prefix 'an-' (on, at) and the verb 'hängen' (to hang). Literally 'to hang on'.

Visualize 'hanging' a picture 'on' a wall, or 'attaching' a file 'on' to an email.