behandlebehandle means to handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.EtymologyFrom be- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behondelje (“to handle, deal with, treat”), Dutch behandelen (“to handle, treat”), German behandeln (“to treat”), Norwegian behandle (“to treat”).verbTo handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.“In England I know a household where, after the eight o'clock breakfast, it is usual to behandle one's skeins, find one's knitting, and continue the long even rounds of the stocking begun yesterday, or copy patiently the completed gusset in the sleeve of a spencer.”