Besitz

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Besitz m (strong, genitive Besitzes, plural Besitze)

  1. ownership
  2. possession, property

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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