Abhängt

Abhängt is a form related to the German verb abhängen, which is a separable verb with several uses in everyday language. In standard grammar, the infinitive is abhängen, and its meanings vary by context.

One core meaning is physical: to hang down or be suspended. In a sentence you typically say der Ast hängt ab or die Kabel hängen ab, with the prefix ab appearing as part of the verb in split form. The perfect tense is formed with hat abgehängt, as in Der Ast hat abgehängt.

A second, common meaning is figurative: to depend on something. The expression davon abhängen or von etwas abhängen means “to depend on” or “to be contingent on.” Examples include Es hängt davon ab, wie viel Zeit wir haben, and Das hängt von dir ab.

A third colloquial use concerns social activity: to hang out with someone. In this sense, abhängen expresses leisure time together, as in Wir hängen heute Abend mit Freunden ab.

Usage notes: In present and future tenses, the separable prefix ab typically splits from hängen (er hängt ab; es hängt davon ab). In subordinate clauses, the particle order follows standard German word order. The perfect tense uses abgehängt with haben. Related terms include abhängigkeit (dependence) and abhängige (dependent).

In sum, abhängen covers physical hanging, dependence, and social hanging out, with the form abhängt appearing in context as part of the verb’s present tense in informal writing when describing a single, non-split form is not standard.