handelen

From Middle Dutch handelen, from Old Dutch handalon, from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handlōną. By surface analysis, hand +‎ elen. Ultimately of the same origin as the English borrowing at Etymology 2 below (thus, a doublet of the same).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑndələ(n)/

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• Hyphenation: han‧de‧len

handelen

1. (intransitive) to trade, do business

   Hij is al jaren bezig met handelen in antiek.

   He has been trading in antiques for years.

   De familie heeft een lange traditie van handelen in textiel.

   The family has a long tradition of doing business in textiles.

2. (intransitive) to act

   Je moet snel handelen in noodsituaties.

   You need to act quickly in emergency situations.

   De politieagent handelde onmiddellijk bij het zien van de verdachte activiteit.

   The police officer acted immediately upon seeing suspicious activity.

• handelaar
• handelbaar
• handeling
• afhandelen
• behandelen
• onderhandelen
• verhandelen

• handel

• Afrikaans: handel
• Negerhollands: handel
• → Caribbean Javanese: andel

From English handle, ultimately of the same origin as the native inherited term at Etymology 1 above (thus, a doublet of the same). Compare German händeln.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛndələ(n)/
• Hyphenation: han‧de‧len

handelen

1. (transitive, informal) to handle, to deal with or endure something or someone (particularly emotionally)

   Hij kon het volwassen leven niet handelen en ging aan de drugs. ― He couldn't handle adult life and started using drugs.

From German handeln, from Middle High German handeln, from Old High German hantalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handlōną. Cognate with Dutch handelen, English handle. In the sense “to trade, bargain” an older borrowing; the sense “to act” is recent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhandelen/, [ˈhɑndələn]

handelen (third-person singular present handelt, past participle gehandelt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to act
2. (intransitive) to trade, to deal
3. (intransitive) to negotiate, to bargain

• erhandelen

From Old Dutch handalon, from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handlōną.

handelen

1. to handle (take in the hand)
2. to act, to carry out
3. to handle, to treat (a subject)
4. to treat, to behave towards

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: handelen
  • Afrikaans: handel
  • Negerhollands: handel
  • → Caribbean Javanese: andel
• Limburgish: hanjele

• “handelen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “handelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

handelen m

1. definite singular of handel

handelen m

1. definite singular of handel