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behandla

treat, handle, manage, discuss

Meaning

treat; handle; manage; discuss; consider

In Swedish: sköta, vårda, handskas med

Conjugation

Conjugation of behandla (treat)
Infinitive	att behandla	to treat
Present	behandlar	jag behandlar
Past	behandlade	jag behandlade
Supine	behandlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har behandlat	jag har behandlat
Past perfect	hade behandlat	jag hade behandlat
Future	ska behandla	or: kommer att behandla
Conditional	skulle behandla	jag skulle behandla
Imperative	behandla!	a command
Present participle	behandlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	behandlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of behandla
Infinitive	behandlas
Present	behandlas
Past	behandlades
Supine	behandlats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use behandlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (behandla). Which is the past tense?

behandla in a sentence

fienden behandlade fångarna väl
the enemy treated their prisoners well
styrelsen behandlade ärendet i fredags
the board took up the matter last Friday
behandlat läder
treated leather
databehandling
data processing
behandla någon för en sjukdom
treat someone for an illness
Han blev väl behandlad
He was well-treated
Boken behandlar tiden efter andra världskriget
The book treats/deals with the period after the Second World War

Questions

What does behandla mean in English?

behandla means “treat, handle”.

What is the past tense of behandla?

The past tense of behandla is behandlade (“jag behandlade”). The supine is behandlat, used in “jag har behandlat”.

What is the present tense of behandla?

behandlar, the same for every person: jag behandlar, du behandlar, vi behandlar.

Origin

be- + handla, like German behandeln

Nearby common words

behandla is number 1,069 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,065därifrån from there
1,066speciellt special, especially
1,067värsta worst, An intensifier.
1,068skäl reason; cause, ground(s), motive; argument
1,070ungefär about
1,072varna warn
1,073förbereda prepare
1,074stjärna star

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