behandle

English

Etymology

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

• Rhymes: -ændəl

Verb

behandle (third-person singular simple present behandles, present participle behandling, simple past and past participle behandled)

1. (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

Verb

behandle (imperative behandl, infinitive at behandle, present tense behandler, past tense behandlede, perfect tense har behandlet)

1. treat

   Behandl dem ordentligt.

   Treat them well.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• behandlet
• behandling

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

behandle

1. inflection of behandeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German behandeln.

Verb

behandle (imperative behandl or behandle, present tense behandler, passive behandles, simple past and past participle behandla or behandlet)

1. to treat

Derived terms

• behandling
• databehandle
• ubehandlet

References

• “behandle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• behandla

Etymology

From German behandeln.

Verb

behandle (present tense behandlar, past tense behandla, past participle behandla, passive infinitive behandlast, present participle behandlande, imperative behandle/behandl)

1. to treat

Derived terms

• behandling

References

• “behandle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.