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es handelte sich

it was about; it concerned; it was a matter of

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it was about; it concerned; it was a matter of Used with „um“ to describe what something concerned or amounted to. It is the past-tense form of the impersonal expression „es handelt sich um“ and is often translated as “it concerned” or “it was a matter of.”
GE: Es handelte sich nur um eine Formalität.
EN: It was only a formality.

Es handelte sich, denke ich, um ein Missverständnis.

I think it was a misunderstanding.

Denkt ihr, es handelte sich um einen Unfall?

Do you think it was an accident?

Es handelte sich nur um eine Formalität.

It was just a formality.

Denken Sie, es handelte sich um einen Unfall?

Do you think it was an accident?