hängen
\ˈhɛŋən\
The verdict
“hängen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pendre, suspendre, accrocher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hangen · hängen · French
hängen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hängen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈhɛŋən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hängen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hängen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈhɛŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hängen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hängen, spelled H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Pendre, suspendre, accrocher.
- 2Pendre, tuer par pendaison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hängen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe meine Jacke an die Garderobe gehängt.
Sie hängte die Lampe zwischen den zwei Bildern.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.