handtame
handtame · handtames · handtamed · handtaming
handzahm machen
To cause to become accustomed to being handledTo cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled
Meaning
1 sensesTo cause (someone or something) to become accustomed to being handled
handzahm machen
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to become accustomed to being handled:
Origin
From Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), fromFrom Middle English handtame, from Old English handtam (“tame enough to be handled”), from Proto-West Germanic *handutam, equivalent to hand + tame. Cognate with Dutch handtam (“handtame”), German Low German handtamm (“handtame”), German handzahm (“handtame”).
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Forms
handtames, handtaming, handtamed, handtamedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle