abhandeln

German

Etymology

ab- + handeln

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈapˌhandl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧han‧deln
  • (file)

Verb

abhandeln (weak, third-person singular present handelt ab, past tense handelte ab, past participle abgehandelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to deal with, cover (a topic)
  2. to strike a deal to buy
    Ich habe ihm seine Briefmarken abgehandelt.
    After some negotiating I managed to buy the stamps of him.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • abhandeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abhandeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abhandeln” in Duden online
  • abhandeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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