herumhängen
German, verb
herumhängen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-H-Ä-N-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumhängen is a German verb meaning “to be hung around in a disorganized manner (of clothing, rags, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herumhängen is a different word: “gerund of herumhängen”.
What does herumhängen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto be hung around in a disorganized manner (of clothing, rags, etc.)
- 2
colloquialto hang out
- 3
colloquialto loiter
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herumhängen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of herumhängen
- hängt herum present singular third-person
- hing herum past
- herumgehangen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- herumhängend participle present
- herumzuhängen infinitive infinitive-zu
- hänge herum first-person indicative present
- hängen herum first-person indicative plural
- hängst herum indicative present second-person
- hängest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- hänget herum plural second-person subjunctive
- hingen herum first-person indicative plural
- hinge herum first-person formal rare
- hingst herum indicative preterite second-person
- hingt herum indicative plural preterite
- hingest herum formal rare second-person
- hinget herum formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herumhängen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herumhängen in German?
herumhängen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).