behandle
English edit
Etymology edit
From be- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behondelje (“to handle, deal with, treat”), Dutch behandelen (“to handle, treat”), German behandeln (“to treat”), Norwegian behandle (“to treat”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ændəl
Verb edit
behandle (third-person singular simple present behandles, present participle behandling, simple past and past participle behandled)
- (transitive) To handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.
- 1892, Ménie Muriel Dowie, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, A girl in the Karpathians:
- In England I know a household where, after the eight o'clock breakfast, it is usual to behandle one's skeins, find one's knitting, and continue the long even rounds of the stocking begun yesterday, or copy patiently the completed gusset in the sleeve of a spencer.
Danish edit
Verb edit
behandle (imperative behandl, infinitive at behandle, present tense behandler, past tense behandlede, perfect tense har behandlet)
- treat
- Behandl dem ordentligt.
- Treat them well.
- Behandl dem ordentligt.
Conjugation edit
present | past | |
---|---|---|
simple | behandler | behandlede |
perfect | har behandlet | havde behandlet |
passive | behandles | behandledes |
participle | behandlende | behandlet |
imperative | behandl | — |
infinitive | behandle | — |
auxiliary verb | have | — |
gerund | — | — |
Derived terms edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
behandle
- inflection of behandeln:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
behandle (imperative behandl or behandle, present tense behandler, passive behandles, simple past and past participle behandla or behandlet)
- to treat
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “behandle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
behandle (present tense behandlar, past tense behandla, past participle behandla, passive infinitive behandlast, present participle behandlande, imperative behandle/behandl)
- to treat
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “behandle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.