Hang
German, noun
Hang is spelled H-A-N-G (4 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hang is a German masculine noun meaning “slope, hill, hillside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, häng is a different word: “singular imperative of hängen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürliche Form einer Böschung, abfallendes Gelände, (süddeutsch) Halde”.
What does Hang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslope, hill, hillside
- 2
masculineinclination; propensity; bias; a disposition, or liability towards something/someone.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of hängen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürliche Form einer Böschung, abfallendes Gelände, (süddeutsch) Halde 2. starke Neigung, Tendenz zu etwas 3. Lage, in der man an Ringen oder am Reck hängt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hang
- Hanges genitive
- Hangs genitive
- Hänge plural
- Hange dative singular
- Hängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hang in German?
Hang appears 8.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).