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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
besatt
- simple past of besitte
- 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
- past participle of besätta
Adjective
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
| Inflection of besatt
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| Neuter singular
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| Plural
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| Definite
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Superlative
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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
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Verb
besatt
- past indicative of besitta
- supine of besätta
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