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besatt

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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besatt

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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besatt

  1. past participle of besätta

Adjective

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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

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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

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besatt

  1. past indicative of besitta
  2. supine of besätta

References

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