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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
besatt
- simple past of besitte
- past participle of besette
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old Swedish besatter. But having the same meaning as Middle Low German besetten and German besessen, which are past participle of besitzen, Swedish besitta, just like Latin obsessus.
Participle[edit]
besatt
Adjective[edit]
besatt
- obsessed
- Jag är besatt av deras kebabsås
- I'm obsessed with their kebab sauce
- possessed (by the Devil or a demon or the like), (and thereby) mad, crazy
- (nominalized) someone possessed, a maniac
- Han spelade som en besatt
- He played like a man possessed
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of besatt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | besatt | — | — |
| Neuter singular | besatt | — | — |
| Plural | besatta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | besatte | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | besatte | — | — |
| All | besatta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Verb[edit]
besatt
- past indicative of besitta
- supine of besätta
References[edit]
- besatt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- besatt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- besatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)