besitzen — to own, to have, to possess in German
/bəˈzɪʦən/
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B1
80/100
#754
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Example Sentences
Besitzen Sie einen Computer?
Do you own a computer?
Irgendwann möchte ich gern ein Segelboot besitzen.
Someday, I would like to possess a sailboat.
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Corpus Neighbors
Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.
ziehen
to pull, to drag, to draw, to move
entstehen
to arise, to originate, to develop, to form, to emerge
handeln
to deal, to trade, to act, to take action
darstellen
to depict, to present, to represent, to portray, to pose
entwickeln
to develop
erkennen
to recognize, to recognise, to see, to identify, to detect
folgen
to follow
erwarten
to expect, to await, to anticipate
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