Dictionary verb ab verb *konk- hängen abhängen (von)
(ab verb)

Meanings

1.
to depend
("abhängen von" ... actually, this is a literal translation because the Latin "pendere" meant "to hang". ge-form is "abgehangen" but the verb is usually used in the real past, so "hing ab")
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2.
to lose a pursuer
("jemanden abhängen" - works for actual car chases as well as in a figurative sense of leaving the competition behind. ge-form is "abgehängt".)
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3.
to take down, "unhang" laundry
(ge-form is "abgehängt".)
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Opposite (closest): aufhängen
4.
to chill, to hang out
(VERY colloquial. ge-form is "abgehangen".)
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Vocab:

von, halten von, denken von, träumen von, abhängen von, von + location


Word Family

Root: *konk-

The core idea of this root was:

hanging, being in the air

It’s the origin of English to hang and to hinge and also of Stonehenge, which quite literally means “stones in the air”.

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