Contionary:handen
Enventian
Etymology
From Old Enventian handlôn, through a Zennlandish dialectal form, doublet of hanlhen, the expected result in the central dialect, from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn from Proto-Germanic *handulōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈhɑ̃dɛ̃], [ˈhɑ̃də̃]
Verb
handen weak
- to handle, deal with (a situation)
- Rés komer di uthande, sjou kanst noch résne handen.
- This is getting out of hand, you can't deal with this.
- Rés komer di uthande, sjou kanst noch résne handen.
- (with mid) to deal, trade use or sell (a product)
- Sín kompané hander mid ärthwáscalen produkte.
- His company deals with agricultural products.
- Sín kompané hander mid ärthwáscalen produkte.
- to take into one's hands, to act, take action
- Wé mussen handen, for est tó fel späd!
- We must take action, before it's too late!.
- Wé mussen handen, for est tó fel späd!
- (with fór) to be about, deal with
- Ra bók hander fór wenen.
- The book is about dogs.
- Ra bók hander fór wenen.
- (formal) to discuss
- (formal) to take into consideration
- Ik werne rés handen, thankje.
- I will take this into consideration, thank you.
- Ik werne rés handen, thankje.
Inflection
| Conjugation of handen (weak) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | (tjó) handen | ||||||
| present infinitive | handend | ||||||
| passive infinitive | handen weran | ||||||
| future infinitive | handen scaweran | ||||||
| gerund | handing | ||||||
| participle | handen | ||||||
| verbal noun | handang | ||||||
| person | first singular ik |
second singular jou |
third singular he, sje, hit, zé |
plural wé, jall, jwä, hén | |||
| indicative | present | hande | handest | hander | handen | ||
| past simple | handde | handdest | handder | handden | |||
| past perfect | wäs / habe handen | wärs / hast handen | wär / har handen | wän / haben handen | |||
| future simple | scall handen | scalls handen | scall handen | scallen handen | |||
| future perfect | wer(ne) handen | wers handen | wer handen | wern handen | |||
| plusquamperfect | wor handen | wors handen | wor handen | worn handen | |||
| conditional | scoll handen | scolls handen | scoll handen | scoll handen | |||
| subjunctive | present | handä | handäst | handär | handän | ||
| past | handdä | handdäst | handdär | handdän | |||
| imperative | hand | hande (zé) | handan | ||||
Derived terms
Noun
handen m. (plural: handener)
- management, way of handling something
- Ik thenkje, öwe handen falls est fel lyth.
- I think your management of the situation is very bad.
- Ik thenkje, öwe handen falls est fel lyth.
Inflection
| 4th (n stem) Declension, masculine | ||
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | handen | {{{2}}}er |
| Accusative | handenan | {{{2}}}es |
| Genitive | handens | {{{2}}}e |
| Dative | handene | {{{2}}}y |
| Instrumental | {{{2}}}y | {{{2}}}y |