hängning

Swedish

Etymology

hänga (“hang”) +‎ -ning (“-ing”)

Noun

hängning c

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

Declension

Declension of hängning
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hängning	hängningen	hängningar	hängningarna
Genitive	hängnings	hängningens	hängningars	hängningarnas

Derived terms

upphängning

See also

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

References

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