misshandla

Swedish

Etymology

miss- +‎ handla, from Old Swedish misshandla, cognate with Middle Low German mishandelen, German misshandeln, originally in the now obsolete sense to do wrong, but since 1805 in the sense of physical abuse of other people.

Verb

misshandla (present misshandlar, preterite misshandlade, supine misshandlat, imperative misshandla)

to (deliberately) cause bodily harm to (someone); to beat up, to batter, to assault, to abuse, etc.
(by extension) to abuse, to damage (something non-living (more or less inadvertently))

Conjugation

Conjugation of misshandla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	misshandla		misshandlas
Supine	misshandlat		misshandlats
Imperative	misshandla		—
Imper. plural¹	misshandlen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	misshandlar	misshandlade	misshandlas	misshandlades
Ind. plural¹	misshandla	misshandlade	misshandlas	misshandlades
Subjunctive²	misshandle	misshandlade	misshandles	misshandlades
	Participles
Present participle	misshandlande
Past participle	misshandlad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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