handeln

See also: Handeln and Händeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German handeln, from Old High German hantalōn, from Proto-Germanic *handlōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhandl̩n/, /ˈhandəln/
  • (file)

Verb

handeln (third-person singular simple present handelt, past tense handelte, past participle gehandelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to trade, to deal
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 46/2010, page 95:
      In Toronto werden mehr als 1400 Bergbaubetriebe gehandelt, jede Woche kommen im Schnitt drei Unternehmen hinzu.
      More than 1400 mining companies are traded in Toronto, three companies are added each week on average.
  2. to negotiate, haggle
  3. to act, to take action
  4. (with von) to be about
    Das Buch handelt von Äpfeln. — The book is about apples.
  5. (reflexive, with um) to be, to happen to be
    Bei den Früchten in diesem Korb handelt es sich um Äpfel. — The fruits in this basket are apples.

Conjugation

See also


Swedish

Noun

handeln

  1. definite singular of handel
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