so zu behandeln

to treat like this

→ so

phrase Rare #31,995

to treat like this Used to describe treating someone in a particular way, often in complaints such as “You have no right to treat me like this.” The person being treated is usually specified separately, as in “mich so zu behandeln” (“to treat me like this”).

GE: Du hast kein Recht, ihn so zu behandeln.

EN: You have no right to treat him like this.

Sie haben kein Recht, mich so zu behandeln!

You have no right to treat me like that!

— Taxi (1998)

Sie so zu behandeln, steht Ihnen nicht zu.

You have no right to treat her that way.

— Aquarius (2016)

War es nötig, mich so zu behandeln?

Was it necessary to treat me like that?

— Asphalt-Haie (1980)

Wie können Sie es sich erlauben, eine Frau so zu behandeln?

How dare you treat a woman like that?

— Glücklich wie Lazzaro (2018)

Niemand hat das Recht, Sie so zu behandeln.

No one has the right to treat you like that.

Er muss verrückt sein, seine Eltern so zu behandeln.

He must be crazy to treat his parents like that.