besatt

See also: besätt

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

besatt

1. simple past of besitte
2. past participle of besette

Swedish

Etymology

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

besatt

1. past participle of besätta

Adjective

besatt

1. obsessed

   Jag är besatt av deras kebabsås

   I'm obsessed with their kebab sauce

2. possessed (by the Devil or a demon or the like), (and thereby) mad, crazy
3. (nominalized) someone possessed, a maniac

   Han spelade som en besatt

   He played like a man possessed

Declension

Inflection of besatt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	besatt	—	—
neuter singular	besatt	—	—
plural	besatta	—	—
masculine plural2	besatte	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	besatte	—	—
all	besatta	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Verb

besatt

1. past indicative of besitta
2. supine of besätta

References

• “besatt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “besatt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “besatt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• betats