Also compare the British English word hanger (from Old English hangra) for a steep wooded slope (compare Hanger Lane), or used to mean woods on steep hillsides, e.g. The word hang in this compound is derived from hängen, "to hang". The term is German for "steep slope/mountainside/hillside", "escarpment" or "steep face". Leser defines a steilhang as a mountainside with an incline of between 16° and 60°, slopes of between 30° and 60° being described as "very steep" ( übersteil) and anything over 60° being a rock face ( wand). A Steilhang (pl: Steilhänge) is a geoscientific term for a steep mountainside or hillside (or a part thereof), the average slope of which is greater than 1:2 or 30°.
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