besatt
See also: besätt
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)