Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en misshandel

(jur.) assault and battery, physical abuse

Meaning

(jur.) assault and battery; physical abuse

In Swedish: fysiskt våld som leder till kroppsskador

Forms

Forms of misshandel
Singular, indefinite	en misshandel
Singular, definite	misshandeln

misshandel is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor misshandel, den stora misshandeln. Check another noun

Practise misshandel

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misshandel in a sentence

Fångarna utsättes för svår misshandel
The prisoners were subjected to severe beatings

Words built with misshandel

barnmisshandel child abuse

Questions

What does misshandel mean in English?

misshandel means “(jur.) assault and battery, physical abuse”.

Is it en misshandel or ett misshandel?

It is en misshandel, and “the ” is misshandeln.

Nearby common words

misshandel is number 4,018 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,014original original, eccentric
4,015sektion section
4,016diagnos diagnosis
4,017drönare drone
4,019sändare transmitter, a sender, a transmitter
4,020incident Incident
4,021kräkas vomit, be sick
4,022orange orange

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