Besitz

See also: besitz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German besitz (“seat, place”), from the verb besitzen (“to sit; to beseige”) (whence modern German besitzen (“to own, to possess”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈzɪts/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Be‧sitz

Noun

Besitz m (strong, genitive Besitzes, plural Besitze)

  1. ownership
  2. possession, property

Usage notes
  • In German legal language, Besitz only refers to possession (i.e. factual control over an object), while legal ownership is exclusively referred to as Eigentum.

Declension
Declension of Besitz [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Besitz die Besitze
genitive eines des Besitzes der Besitze
dative einem dem Besitz, Besitze1 den Besitzen
accusative einen den Besitz die Besitze

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms
  • Ballbesitz (“possession of the ball”) (sports)
  • Grundbesitz
  • Immobilienbesitz (“real estate property”)
  • Landbesitz (“land tenure, land ownership”)
  • Privatbesitz

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Besitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Besitz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Besitz” in Duden online
  • “Besitz” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Besitz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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