Besitzstand
German, noun/bəˈzɪt͡sʃtant͡s/
Besitzstand is spelled B-E-S-I-T-Z-S-T-A-N-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Besitzstand is a German masculine noun meaning “acquis communautaire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Besitzstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacquis communautaire
- 2
masculineacquired rights/entitlements
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Besitzstand
- Besitzstandes genitive
- Besitzstands genitive
- Besitzstände plural
- Besitzstande dative singular
- Besitzständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Besitzstand?
- /bəˈzɪt͡sʃtant͡s/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Besitzstand in German?
Besitzstand appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).