behandle
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editbehandle (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
editVerb
editbehandle (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
editpresent | 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
editGerman
editPronunciation
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Verb
editbehandle
- inflection of behandeln:
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editVerb
editbehandle (imperative behandl or behandle, present tense behandler, passive behandles, simple past and past participle behandla or behandlet)
- to treat
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “behandle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editbehandle (present tense behandlar, past tense behandla, past participle behandla, passive infinitive behandlast, present participle behandlande, imperative behandle/behandl)
- to treat
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “behandle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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