Talk:handeln

It seems perfectly plausible to me that Neudeutsch has borrowed the word 'handle' as in 'I can handle that problem' from English.

Can any native German speakers confirm this?

220.101.133.202 04:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that's informal but it exists. I've added it as etymology 2.

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Rfv-sense: really? -- Prince Kassad 18:34, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Re the sense "(handeln von): to be about" - I assume that refers to the use as found in "Das Buch handelt von einem Krokodil", synonymous to English "to treat". The sense in German Wiktionary: "[3] von etwas erzählen, sich um etwas drehen". Prepositions: von, um. These may be two senses, actually: (a) von etwas handeln - non-reflexive, (b) sich um etwas handel - reflexive. I am a non-native, though. --Dan Polansky 21:53, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

That sense wasn't tagged. —Ruakh_TALK 14:54, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense/section removed. —Ruakh_TALK 14:54, 3 October 2010 (UTC)