Besitz

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German besitz (“seat, place”), from the verb besitzen (“to sit; to beseige”) (whence modern German besitzen (“to own, to possess”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈzɪts/ Hyphenation: Be‧sitz === Noun === Besitz m (strong, genitive Besitzes, plural Besitze) ownership possession, property ==== Usage notes ==== In German legal language, Besitz only refers to possession (i.e. factual control over an object), while legal ownership is exclusively referred to as Eigentum. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== besitzergreifend besitzlos Sitzkrieg Vollbesitz (“full possession”) === Further reading === “Besitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Besitz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Besitz” in Duden online “Besitz” in OpenThesaurus.de Besitz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de