besatt
See also: besätt
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editbesatt
- simple past of besitte
- past participle of besette
Swedish
editEtymology
editOld 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
editbesatt
Adjective
editbesatt
- 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
editbesatt
- 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)