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hänga

“hänga” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to be suspended
  2. to cause to be suspended
  3. to hang out, loiter
  4. to execute by hanging
  5. to commit suicide by hanging
  6. to stop responding
  7. to hinge on

Etymology

From Old Swedish hængia, from Old Norse hanga, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk-.

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