handel

From Low German handel. Related to handle, which see.

handel c (singular definite handelen or handlen, plural indefinite handeler)

1. commerce, trading
2. (countable) trade

   Vi gennemførte en handel med dem.

   We conducted a trade with them.

• “handel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Deverbal of handelen. First attested in the 16th c.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑn.dəl/

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• Hyphenation: han‧del
• Rhymes: -ɑndəl
• Homophone: Handel

handel m (uncountable, diminutive handeltje n)

1. trade (activity of trading)

   Synonyms: commercie, negotie, koopmanschap

   De handel tussen de twee landen bloeit. ― The trade between the two countries is flourishing.

   Hij is betrokken bij de internationale handel van elektronische goederen. ― He is involved in the international trade of electronic goods.

2. business, company (commercial entity)

   Synonyms: bedrijf, toko, zaak

   Ze runnen een succesvolle handel in luxeartikelen. ― They run a successful business in luxury goods.

   Het is een familiebedrijf en ze zijn al generaties lang in de handel. ― It's a family-owned company and they have been in the trade for generations.

3. shop, store (merchant's business)

   Synonyms: toko, winkel

   De handel aan de overkant van de straat heeft verse groenten en fruit. ― The shop across the street has fresh vegetables and fruits.

   Hij heeft een kleine handel in souvenirs voor toeristen. ― He has a small store selling souvenirs for tourists.

4. goods, things

   Hij liet de hele handel op de grond vallen. ― He dropped everything on the floor.

5. (uncountable) any collective or collection; stuff, lot, crowd, whole shebang

   Stelletje criminelen! Oppakken die handel! ― Bunch of criminals! Arrest the lot!

• Negerhollands: handel
• → Caribbean Javanese: andel
• → Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦼꦭ꧀ (handhel)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

handel

1. inflection of handelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• halend

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handel

1. inflection of handeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Borrowed from Dutch hendel, handel (“handle”), from English handle, from Middle English handel, handle, from Old English handle (“a handle”), from handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”). Doublet of hendel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhan.dəl/
• Rhymes: -dəl
• Hyphenation: han‧dêl

handel

1. handle (the part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved)

   Synonyms: hendel, pegangan

• “handel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

handel m (definite singular handelen, indefinite plural handler, definite plural handlene)

1. trade (buying and selling of goods and services)
2. a shop

• butikk (shop)

handel m (definite singular handelen, indefinite plural handlar, definite plural handlane)

1. trade (as above)
2. a shop

• butikk (shop)

• andel (Middle Polish or dialectal, Western Lublin, Kurów)

Borrowed from German Handel.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} First attested in 1538.^[9]

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• Rhymes: -andɛl
• Syllabification: han‧del

handel m inan (diminutive handelek, related adjective handlowy)

1. (business, trading) trade (buying and selling of goods and services on a market) [with instrumental ‘in what’]

   Synonyms: kupiectwo, obrót

2. (archaic) small restaurant next to a wine storage (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
3. (obsolete) warehouse (place for storing large amounts of products)

   Synonym: magazyn

4. (obsolete, colloquial, humorous) streetside junk trader (person who trades in junk by the street)
5. (Middle Polish) store; stand
6. (Middle Polish) commodity (that which is traded)

   Synonym: towar

7. (Middle Polish) trade (making transactions, activity, conduct, occupation, profession; enterprise, business, matter)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), handel is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 16 times in scientific texts, 33 times in news, 38 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 93 times, making it the 678th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[10]

• handel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• handel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “HANDEL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 16.06.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “handel”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “handel”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “handel”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 12

Borrowed from German Handel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxan.dɛl/

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• Rhymes: -andɛl
• Syllabification: han‧del

handel m inan

1. (economics) trade (buying and selling of goods and services on a market)

• handel in silling.org

From Low German handel, ultimately related to hand.

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handel c

1. trade, commerce; the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

   frihandel ― free trade

   kaffehandeln ― the coffee trade

2. a store

   bokhandel ― bookstore

   kaffehandeln ― the coffee store

• handel in Svensk ordbok.