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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	misshandel	misshandeln	—	—
Genitive	misshandels	misshandelns	—	—

Derived terms

• barnmisshandel
• dödsmisshandel
• hustrumisshandel
• misshandelsbrott
• misshandelsfall

Related terms

• misshandla
• misshandlare

References

• misshandel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• misshandel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• misshandel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)