handhabte meaning and definition in german

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Verb

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First-person singular preterite of handhaben.
Third-person singular preterite of handhaben.
First-person singular subjunctive II of handhaben.
Third-person singular subjunctive II of handhaben.

Example

Die alte Frau Bovary handhabte Schere und Nadel, ohne die Augen zu erheben.Madame Bovary senior was plying her scissor without looking up, and Charles, in his list slippers and his old brown surtout that he used as a dressing-gown, sat with both hands in his pockets, and did not speak either; near them Berthe, in a little white pinafore, was raking sand in the walks with her spade.OP377162