besitzen.
to own, to possess
Meaning & usage
to own, to possess
to have
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German besitzen, from Old High German bisizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną, Equivalent to be- + sitzen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Dutch bezitten, English besit, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan). (to own, to possess): Compare typologically Latin possideō (whence English possess), Macedonian поседува (poseduva), Serbo-Croatian поседовати, Slovene posedovati, Polish posiadać (cognate via Proto-Indo-European *sed-).
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