misshandla

Swedish

Etymology

miss- +‎ handla, from Old Swedish misshandla, cognate with Middle Low German mishandelen, German misshandeln, originally in the now obsolete sense to do wrong, but since 1805 in the sense of physical abuse of other people.

Verb

misshandla (present misshandlar, preterite misshandlade, supine misshandlat, imperative misshandla)

  1. to (deliberately) cause bodily harm to (someone); to beat up, to batter, to assault, to abuse, etc.
  2. (by extension) to abuse, to damage (something non-living (more or less inadvertently))

Conjugation

Conjugation of misshandla (weak)
active passive
infinitive misshandla misshandlas
supine misshandlat misshandlats
imperative misshandla —
imper. plural1 misshandlen —
present past present past
indicative misshandlar misshandlade misshandlas misshandlades
ind. plural1 misshandla misshandlade misshandlas misshandlades
subjunctive2 misshandle misshandlade misshandles misshandlades
present participle misshandlande
past participle misshandlad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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