misshandel

See also: mißhandel

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

misshandel

  1. inflection of misshandeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Noun form of misshandla, cognate with Middle High German Missehandel, and German Misshandel (wrongdoing, misdeed), originally in the now obsolete sense of wrongdoing, misdeed, but since 1840 in the sense of physical abuse of people.

Noun

misshandel c

  1. (an act of) deliberately causing bodily harm to someone (who has a limited ability or will to resist); beating someone up, physical abuse, assault, etc.
    Fångarna utsättes för svår misshandel
    The prisoners were subjected to severe beatings
    1. (law) battery
  2. (by extension) abuse (causing harm to someone more generally, for example through psychological or sexual abuse, or to an object, whether intentional or not)

Declension

Declension of misshandel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite misshandel misshandels
definite misshandeln misshandelns
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

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