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)
- (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.
- 1892, Ménie Muriel Dowie, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, A girl in the Karpathians:
Danish
Verb
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
present | past | |
---|---|---|
simple | behandler | behandlede |
perfect | har behandlet | havde behandlet |
passive | behandles | behandledes |
participle | behandlende | behandlet |
imperative | behandl | — |
infinitive | behandle | — |
auxiliary verb | have | — |
gerund | — | — |
German
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
behandle (imperative behandl or behandle, present tense behandler, passive behandles, simple past and past participle behandla or behandlet)
- to treat
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Verb
behandle (present tense behandlar, past tense behandla, past participle behandla, passive infinitive behandlast, present participle behandlande, imperative behandl/behandle)
- to treat
Derived terms
References
- “behandle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.