verhangen

See also: verhängen

Dutch

Etymology

From ver- +‎ hangen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈɦɑ.ŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧han‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋən

Verb

verhangen

  1. (transitive) to cause to hang, to hang
  2. (transitive) to hang somewhere else
  3. (transitive) to hang someone (to execute by hanging)
  4. (reflexive) to hang oneself (to commit suicide by hanging)
    De pedofiel zou zichzelf in zijn cel hebben verhangen. ― The pedophile is said to have hanged himself in his prison cell.

Conjugation

Conjugation of verhangen (strong class 7, prefixed)
infinitive verhangen
past singular verhing
past participle verhangen
infinitive verhangen
gerund verhangen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verhang verhing
2nd person sing. (jij) verhangt, verhang2 verhing
2nd person sing. (u) verhangt verhing
2nd person sing. (gij) verhangt verhingt
3rd person singular verhangt verhing
plural verhangen verhingen
subjunctive sing.1 verhange verhinge
subjunctive plur.1 verhangen verhingen
imperative sing. verhang
imperative plur.1 verhangt
participles verhangend verhangen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

  • verhanging

Participle

verhangen

  1. past participle of verhangen

Declension

Declension of verhangen
uninflected verhangen
inflected verhangen
positive
predicative/adverbial verhangen
indefinite m./f. sing. verhangen
n. sing. verhangen
plural verhangen
definite verhangen
partitive verhangens

German

Etymology

From verhängen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈhaŋən/, [fɛɐ̯ˈhäŋn̩], [fɐ-], [-ŋən]
  • Hyphenation: ver‧han‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Adjective

verhangen (strong nominative masculine singular verhangener, not comparable)

  1. (weather, covered by low-hanging clouds) overcast, dull, misty.
  2. covered, veiled (with something that is hung up, e.g. a curtain.)

Further reading

  • “verhangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “verhangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “verhangen” in Duden online
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