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Otti handelt mit dem Händler um den Preis der Lampe. Otti haggles with the trader over the price of the lamp.

verb · B1

handeln

[ˈhandl̩n]

to haggle, to bargain

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es handelt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es handelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gehandelt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich handlehandeltehabe gehandelt
du handelsthandeltesthast gehandelt
er/sie/es handelthandeltehat gehandelt
wir handelnhandeltenhaben gehandelt
ihr handelthandeltethabt gehandelt
sie/Sie handelnhandeltenhaben gehandelt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gehandeltwerde handelnwerde gehandelt haben
du hattest gehandeltwirst handelnwirst gehandelt haben
er/sie/es hatte gehandeltwird handelnwird gehandelt haben
wir hatten gehandeltwerden handelnwerden gehandelt haben
ihr hattet gehandeltwerdet handelnwerdet gehandelt haben
sie/Sie hatten gehandeltwerden handelnwerden gehandelt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich handelte
du handeltest
er/sie/es handelte
wir handelten
ihr handeltet
sie/Sie handelten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde handeln.

Person Imperativ
du handle!
ihr handelt!
Sie handeln Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

handel root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti at the flea market

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