Hängande

Hängande is a Swedish term that functions as both a present participle and an adjective derived from the verb hänga, meaning to hang. It describes something that is suspended from above or that dangles. The word can refer to physical objects as well as states or appearances, and is commonly used to distinguish fixtures or decorations that hang rather than lie flat or stand upright.

In everyday language, hängande describes things attached from above: for example, hängande lampor (pendant lights), hängande gardiner (curtains that hang from a rod), or hängande frukt (fruit still attached to a tree or branch). It is also used in design, architecture and art to denote suspended installations or objects, such as hängande installationer or hängande takljus, where the item is secured from the ceiling or another overhead support.

Grammar and usage notes: hängande is the present participle of hänga and is commonly used as an adjective to describe a suspended state. It can appear in attributive position, as in en hängande lampa, or predicatively with a linking verb to express the state of the subject, such as Lampan är hängande. In different contexts, related past participle forms like har hängt or hängd may appear in other constructions, but hängande specifically denotes ongoing suspension.

Translation and nuance: in English, hängande corresponds to hanging, dangling, or suspended. The term is widely understood in Swedish to indicate objects or elements that are attached from above rather than resting on a surface.