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Definition 2024
bezitten
bezitten
Dutch
Verb
bezitten
- (transitive) to possess
Usage notes
Although verbs with be- are generally transitive, the passive construction is usually avoided for similar reasons as in English as bezeten refers to demonic possession. A construction with in bezit is preferred:
- Het bedrijf bezit dit land - The company possesses this land
- Dit land is in bezit van het bedrijf.
Inflection
| Inflection of bezitten (strong class 5, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bezitten | |||
| past singular | bezat | |||
| past participle | bezeten | |||
| infinitive | bezitten | |||
| gerund | bezitten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bezit | bezat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bezit | bezat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bezit | bezat | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bezit | bezat | ||
| 3rd person singular | bezit | bezat | ||
| plural | bezitten | bezaten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bezitte | bezate | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bezitten | bezaten | ||
| imperative sing. | bezit | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bezit | |||
| participles | bezittend | bezeten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||