handlande
Swedish
Etymology
present participle of handla
Adjective
handlande
- acting
Declension
| Inflection of handlande | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | handlande | — | — |
| Neuter singular | handlande | — | — |
| Plural | handlande | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | handlande | — | — |
| All | handlande | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Noun
handlande n, c
- (uncountable) action
- det mänskliga handlandet
- human action(s)
- Habermas teori om det kommunikativa handlandet säger således att...
- Habermas' theory of communicative action thus says that...
- det mänskliga handlandet
- (uncountable) trade, business
- Malmö är centrum för spridandet och handlandet med stulna kortnummer.
- Malmö is a center in the transfer and trade with stolen card numbers.
- (dated) a businessman, a merchant, a trader, an agent
- 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | handlande | handlandet | — | — |
| Genitive | handlandes | handlandets | — | — |
| Declension of handlande 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | handlande | handlanden | handlanden | handlandena |
| Genitive | handlandes | handlandens | handlandens | handlandenas |
Synonyms
- 1: handling
- 2: handel
- 3: handelsman
Verb
handlande
- present participle of handla