Besitz
German, noun
Besitz is spelled B-E-S-I-T-Z (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besitz is a German masculine noun meaning “ownership” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, besitz is a different word: “singular imperative of besitzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “tatsächliche Sachherrschaft”.
What does Besitz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineownership
- 2
masculinepossession, property
verb
- 1
singular imperative of besitzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tatsächliche Sachherrschaft 2. Eigentum 3. das gesamte Eigentum einer Person
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Besitz
- Besitzes genitive
- Besitze plural
- Besitzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Besitz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Besitz in German?
Besitz appears 35 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).