Erhängen Translations, meanings and synonyms

"Erhängen" is used as verb with the meaning of "to hang" or "to execute by hanging".

Essential properties of "erhängen"

Its most important properties are:

Properties

  • Infinitive: erhängen
  • Simple past: erhängte
  • Participle: erhängt

See full conjugation of erhängen

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Note: These properties are not absolute. A transitive verb can be used intransitively and vice versa depending on context, and many verbs can be used reflexively even though they are not primarily reflexive.

Meanings of "erhängen" + more translations, synonyms and antonyms

It has the meanings and uses detailed below:

1.) "To kill by hanging"

📝 Some usage examples:
  1. Der Verbrecher wurde zum Tode verurteilt und sollte erhängt werden.The criminal was sentenced to death and was to be hanged.
  2. Im Mittelalter wurden viele Menschen öffentlich erhängt.In the Middle Ages, many people were publicly hanged.
  3. Er drohte damit, sich selbst zu erhängen.He threatened to hang himself.
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