verhängen
German, verb
verhängen is spelled V-E-R-H-Ä-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verhängen is a German verb meaning “to impose, inflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, verhangen is a different word: “overcast, dull, misty”. With a capital, Verhängen is a different word: “gerund of verhängen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit einem Tuch oder dergleichen zuhängen, verbergen”.
What does verhängen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impose, inflict
ein Bußgeld verhängen
- 2
to cover, veil
die Fenster verhängen
adjective
- 1
overcast, dull, misty.
- 2
covered, veiled (with something that is hung up, e.g. a curtain.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verhängen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit einem Tuch oder dergleichen zuhängen, verbergen 2. eine Buße, Strafe anordnen
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 verhängen
- verhangener masculine nominative singular
- verhängt present singular third-person
- verhängte past
- haben auxiliary
- verhängend participle present
- verhänge first-person indicative present
- verhängst indicative present second-person
- verhängest second-person singular subjunctive
- verhänget plural second-person subjunctive
- verhängten first-person indicative plural
- verhängtest indicative preterite second-person
- verhängtet indicative plural preterite
- verhäng imperative second-person singular
- habe verhängt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verhäng! imperative singular
- verhänge! imperative singular
- verhängt! imperative plural
- verhängt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verhängen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verhängen in German?
verhängen appears 1.7 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).