misshandeln
German, verb
misshandeln is spelled M-I-S-S-H-A-N-D-E-L-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Misshandeln is a German verb meaning “to mistreat, to abuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Misshandeln is a different word: “gerund of misshandeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden mutwillig seelisch oder körperlich heftig verletzen”.
What does misshandeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mistreat, to abuse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of misshandeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden mutwillig seelisch oder körperlich heftig verletzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of misshandeln
- misshandelt present singular third-person
- misshandelte past
- haben auxiliary
- misshandelnd participle present
- misshandle first-person indicative present
- misshandele first-person indicative present
- misshandel first-person indicative present
- misshandelst indicative present second-person
- misshandelest second-person singular subjunctive
- misshandlest second-person singular subjunctive
- misshandelet plural second-person subjunctive
- misshandlet plural second-person subjunctive
- misshandelten first-person indicative plural
- misshandeltest indicative preterite second-person
- misshandeltet indicative plural preterite
- mißhandeln obsolete
- misshandle! imperative singular
- misshandelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to misshandeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is misshandeln in German?
misshandeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).