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GERMAN VERB

behandeln

to treat

  • #262 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: behandelt

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I treat
  2. du you treat
  3. er, sie, es he/she treats
  4. wir we treat
  5. ihr you all treat
  6. sie, Sie they treat

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I treated
  2. du you treated
  3. er, sie, es he/she treated
  4. wir we treated
  5. ihr you all treated
  6. sie, Sie they treated

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have treated
  2. du you have treated
  3. er, sie, es he/she has treated
  4. wir we have treated
  5. ihr you all have treated
  6. sie, Sie they have treated

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will treat
  2. du you will treat
  3. er, sie, es he/she will treat
  4. wir we will treat
  5. ihr you all will treat
  6. sie, Sie they will treat

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would treat
  2. du you would treat
  3. er, sie, es he/she would treat
  4. wir we would treat
  5. ihr you all would treat
  6. sie, Sie they would treat

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du treat!
  2. ihr treat! (all of you)
  3. Sie treat! (formal)

How to use behandeln

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Welcher Arzt behandelt Sie?

    Which doctor is treating you?

  2. Simple past

    Die Ärztin behandelte ihn sehr freundlich.

    The doctor treated him very kindly.

  3. Perfect

    Man hat uns im Hotel wie Könige behandelt.

    They treated us like royalty at the hotel.

  4. Future

    Der Zahnarzt wird den Zahn nächste Woche behandeln.

    The dentist will treat the tooth next week.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde ihn nicht so streng behandeln.

    I wouldn't treat him so strictly.

  6. Imperative

    Behandle deine Schwester bitte netter!

    Please treat your sister more nicely!

Good to know

  • Behandeln is a doctor treating a patient, and treating someone well or badly: Er behandelt sie gut.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.