hängning

Swedish

Etymology

hänga (“hang”) +‎ -ning (“-ing”)

Noun

hängning c

1. hanging (of a person, to kill them, or to commit suicide)
2. a hanging (as a (public) event)
3. hanging (arrangment of paintings or the like, at an art exhibit or the like)
4. hanging (something, more generally)

Declension

Declension of hängning

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hängning	hängnings
	definite	hängningen	hängningens
plural	indefinite	hängningar	hängningars
	definite	hängningarna	hängningarnas

Derived terms

• upphängning

See also

• galge (“gallows”)
• galgbacke (“gallows”) (as a location)

References

• hängning in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hängning in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hängning in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)