hängenlassen
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛŋənˌlasn̩/
Audio (file)
Verb
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- (transitive, figurative) to leave someone high and dry, to hang out to dry
- Synonyms: im Regen stehen lassen, im Stich lassen
- Ich hätte jetzt dringend ihre Hilfe gebraucht, aber sie hat mich einfach hängenlassen.
- I would have needed her help now urgently, but she simply left me high and dry.
- (reflexive, also figurative) to loosen up, to lose control or self-discipline
- Ich habe mich total hängenlassen.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hängen, lassen.
- Ich habe meine Jacke hängenlassen.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
- The spelling hängenlassen was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).
- The spelling hängenlassen has been an optional spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform) as of 2006.
- Duden now recommends the spelling hängen lassen regardless of literal or figurative use.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “hängenlassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hängen lassen” in Duden online
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.