hangeln
German, verb[ˈhaŋl̩n]
hangeln is spelled H-A-N-G-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hangeln is a German verb meaning “to brachiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an den Händen hängend, ohne Bodenkontakt mit den Füßen an einen anderen Ort kommen, indem abwechselnd je mit…”.
What does hangeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brachiate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an den Händen hängend, ohne Bodenkontakt mit den Füßen an einen anderen Ort kommen, indem abwechselnd je mit einer Hand gegriffen und gehalten wird 2. sich an den Händen hängend ohne Bodenkontakt fortbewegen
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 hangeln
- hangelt present singular third-person
- hangelte past
- gehangelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- hangelnd participle present
- hangle first-person indicative present
- hangele first-person indicative present
- hangel first-person indicative present
- hangelst indicative present second-person
- hangelest second-person singular subjunctive
- hanglest second-person singular subjunctive
- hangelet plural second-person subjunctive
- hanglet plural second-person subjunctive
- hangelten first-person indicative plural
- hangeltest indicative preterite second-person
- hangeltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hangeln?
- [ˈhaŋl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hangeln in German?
hangeln appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).