In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | storhandla |
| Present | storhandlar |
| Past | storhandlade |
| Imperative | storhandla |
| Supine | storhandlat |
Verbs conjugated like 'storhandla'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'storhandla'
förhandla,
stranda,
ytbehandla,
avhandla,
bahandla,
behandla,
förvandla,
handla,
inhandla,
misshandla,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Coordinate term: helghandla (“to shop on a weekend or before a holiday”)
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Hon storhandlar varannan vecka, oftast inför storfamiljsveckorna, och kompletterar bara med köp av färskvaror under mellanperioden. […] Och acceptera faktum. Allt går inte att storhandla. Mjölk, frukt och grönsaker blir lätt för gamla. […] Storhandlar: i Arninge samt kompletteringshandlar i lokala butiker. (She goes on larger shopping trips every other week, usually before the extended family weeks, and only supplements with the purchase of fresh produce during the intervening period. […] And accept the fact. Not everything can be bought in large quantities. Milk, fruit and vegetables easily become too old. […] Goes on larger shopping trips: in Arninge and supplementary purchases in local stores.) [24 Oct 2007, Maria Carlqvist, “Storhandla rätt – spara tusenlappar [Shop right - save thousands]”, in Aftonbladet:]
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Man märker att folk börjar storhandla inför Eid. Grönsaker är slut, halalkött är slut, säger han. (You notice that people go on a shopping frenzy before Eid. Vegetables are gone, halal meat is gone, he says.) [2016 July 5, Agnes Aronsson, “Fastan är över – nu börjar firandet [The fast is over - now the celebration begins]”, in SR P4 Kalmar:]
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Just när Black Friday satt sig ska svenskarna lära sig storhandla reaprylar på Singles Day. (Just when Black Friday sat down, the Swedes will learn to shop big for stuff on sale at Singles Day.) [2018 November 6, Joakim Arstad Djurberg, “Black Friday är bara början – därför får vi snart ännu flera handelsdagar [Black Friday is just the beginning - why we will soon have even more shopping days]”, in Computer Sweden:]
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Nu har norrmännen återvänt till gränsorterna för att storhandla. (Now the Norwegians have returned to the border towns for large shopping trips.) [2020 August 4, Sara Moll, “Rekordvecka för handeln i Töcksfors efter gränsöppningen [Record week for trade in Töcksfors after the border opening]”, in SVT Nyheter Värmland:]
Additional Information
Etymology
Compound of stor (“big, large”) + handla (“buy, shop”), attested since 1965.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.