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handlande

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Swedish

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Participle

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handlande

  1. present participle of handla

Adjective

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handlande

  1. acting

Declension

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Inflection of handlande
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular handlande
neuter singular handlande
plural handlande
masculine plural2 handlande
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 handlande
all handlande

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

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handlande n or c

  1. (uncountable) action
    Synonym: handling
    det mänskliga handlandet
    human action(s)
    Habermas teori om det kommunikativa handlandet säger således att...
    Habermas' theory of communicative action thus says that...
  2. (uncountable) trade, business
    Synonym: handel
    Malmö är centrum för spridandet och handlandet med stulna kortnummer.
    Malmö is a center in the transfer and trade with stolen card numbers.
  3. (dated) a businessman, a merchant, a trader, an agent
    Synonym: handelsman
    Curmansgatan har sitt namn efter handlanden August Curman (1811-1885)
    Curman street has its name from the merchant August Curman (1811-1885)
    handlandena Kihlström och Selin uppläto kostnadsfritt sitt ångfartyg
    merchants Kihlström and Selin offered free of charge the use of their steamship

Declension

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Declension of handlande 1, 2
nominative genitive
singular indefinite handlande handlandes
definite handlandet handlandets
plural indefinite
definite