Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

besatt

occupied, obsessed, possessedAlso the past tense of besitta.

Meaning

occupied; obsessed; possessed

In Swedish: helt uppfylld (av en idé etc)

Forms

Forms of besatt
Basic form	besatt	with en-words
Neuter	besatt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	besatta	plural nouns, and after den / det / de

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What does besatt mean?

besatt in a sentence

hon är besatt av sitt nya projekt
she is obsessed by her new project
Jag är besatt av deras kebabsås
I'm obsessed with their kebab sauce
Han spelade som en besatt
He played like a man possessed

Questions

What does besatt mean in English?

besatt means “occupied, obsessed”.

Origin

Old Swedish besatter.

Nearby common words

besatt is number 2,033 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,029mera more, more; comparative degree of mycket
2,030kidnappa kidnap
2,031slagit struck, beaten
2,032vars whose
2,034fjärde fourth
2,035tavla picture, painting
2,037rättegång a trial
2,038mörka to hide; to perform a cover-up

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary