misshandel
See also: mißhandel
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misshandel
- inflection of misshandeln:
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Etymology edit
Noun form of misshandla, cognate with Middle High German Missehandel, and German Misshandel (wrongdoing, misdeed), originally in the now obsolete sense of wrongdoing, misdeed, but since 1840 in the sense of physical abuse of people.
Noun edit
misshandel c
- (an act of) deliberately causing bodily harm to someone (who has a limited ability or will to resist); beating someone up, physical abuse, assault, etc.
- Fångarna utsättes för svår misshandel
- The prisoners were subjected to severe beatings
- (by extension) abuse (causing harm to someone more generally, for example through psychological or sexual abuse, or to an object, whether intentional or not)
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Declension of misshandel | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | misshandel | misshandeln | — | — |
Genitive | misshandels | misshandelns | — | — |