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

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