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behandle

verbverb

to treat · to deal with · to handle

PronunciationUttale

behanˊdle

EtymologyOpphav

fra tysk, opprinnelig ‘håndtere’ from German, originally 'to handle'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. benytte en bestemt framgangsmåte for å helbrede noen eller redusere et helseproblem to use a particular method to cure someone or ease a health problem
    • behandle en pasient to treat a patient
    • diagnostisere og behandle kreft to diagnose and treat cancer
  2. sette seg inn i en sak og komme fram til en avgjørelse to look into a matter and arrive at a decision
    • behandle et emne to deal with a subject
    • behandle en søknad to process an application
    • Høyesterett har behandlet saken the Supreme Court has heard the case
  3. fare fram mot to act towards, to treat
    • behandle andre dårlig to treat others badly
    • behandle kundene høflig to treat the customers politely
    • tenk å behandle folk slik! imagine treating people like that!
  4. bearbeideto work on, to process · to adapt, to revise (a text or play) · to work on, to win over (a person, a market) to work onbearbeide
    • bordet er behandlet med matt lakk the table has been treated with matt varnish
  5. betjeneto serve, to attend to · to operate, to run · to service (a loan or debt), bruketo use · to spend · to tend to to operatebetjene, to usebruke
    • kunne behandle en pc to know how to handle a PC