handlande

Swedish

Participle

handlande

  1. present participle of handla

Adjective

handlande

  1. acting

Declension

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

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

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