Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

hantera

handle, manage

Meaning

handle; manage

In Swedish: behandla, sköta

Conjugation

Conjugation of hantera (handle)
Infinitive	att hantera	to handle
Present	hanterar	jag hanterar
Past	hanterade	jag hanterade
Supine	hanterat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hanterat	jag har hanterat
Past perfect	hade hanterat	jag hade hanterat
Future	ska hantera	or: kommer att hantera
Conditional	skulle hantera	jag skulle hantera
Imperative	hantera!	a command
Present participle	hanterande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hanterad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hantera
Infinitive	hanteras
Present	hanteras
Past	hanterades
Supine	hanterats

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 hanterar. See the four verb groups explained.

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hantera in a sentence

hantera giftiga ämnen
handle toxic substances
Hanteras varsamt!
Handle with care!
hantera en konflikt
manage a conflict

Questions

What does hantera mean in English?

hantera means “handle, manage”.

What is the past tense of hantera?

The past tense of hantera is hanterade (“jag hanterade”). The supine is hanterat, used in “jag har hanterat”.

What is the present tense of hantera?

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

Similar words

handskas medsköta

Origin

From Middle Low German hanteren.

Nearby common words

hantera is number 1,258 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,254vittne witness
1,255mage stomach, belly
1,256backa back, reverse
1,257signal signal; ring
1,259mörker darkness
1,261kök kitchen, stove
1,262led suffered
1,263öppen open, frank

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary