besitzen

See also: Besitzen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German bisizzen, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną, Equivalent to be- +‎ sitzen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Dutch bezitten, English besit, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /bəˈzɪtsən/, [bəˈzɪtsn̩]

Verb

besitzen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present besitzt, past tense besaß, past participle besessen, past subjunctive besäße, auxiliary haben)

  1. to own, to possess
    • 1599, Philipp Nicolai, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern:
      Du Sohn Davids aus Jakobs Stamm, mein König und mein Bräutigam, hast mir mein Herz besessen.
      You, the Son of David from the root of Jacob, my King and my bridegroom, have possessed my heart.
  2. to have
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 93:
      Der Fremde war entschieden noch jung, mittelgroß und besaß einen kleinen blonden Schnurrbart […]
      The stranger was definitely still young, medium height and had a small blonde moustache […]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “besitzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “besitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “besitzen” in Duden online
  • “besitzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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