Definition
A person who owns or possesses something.
Translations
- English
- owner
- Français
- propriétaire
- Türkçe
- sahip
- Polski
- właściciel
- Русский
- владелец
- Українська
- власник
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Besitzer
- B1
- Noun
- Shopping & Money
- Home & Household
owner
/deːɐ̯ bəˈzɪt͡sɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Besitzer
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Shopping & MoneyPrimaryHome & Household
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Besitzer des Hauses plant eine Renovierung.NominativSing.The owner of the house is planning a renovation.
- Die Polizei sucht den Besitzer des Fahrrads.AkkusativSing.The police are looking for the owner of the bicycle.
- Die Mieterin dankte dem Besitzer für seine Hilfe.DativSing.The tenant thanked the owner for his help.
- Die Entscheidung des Besitzers überraschte alle.GenitivSing.The owner's decision surprised everyone.
- Die Besitzer treffen sich heute zur Versammlung.NominativPlur.The owners are meeting today for the assembly.
- Das Amt informiert die Besitzer über die neuen Regeln.AkkusativPlur.The authorities are informing the owners about the new rules.
- Die Stadt bietet den Besitzern finanzielle Unterstützung an.DativPlur.The city is offering the owners financial support.
- Die Rechte der Besitzer müssen geschützt werden.GenitivPlur.The rights of the owners must be protected.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Besitzer/bəˈzɪt͡sɐ/
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Article phrase
der Besitzer/deːɐ̯ bəˈzɪt͡sɐ/
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Plural
Besitzer/bəˈzɪt͡sɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Besitzer | die Besitzer |
| Akkusativ | den Besitzer | die Besitzer |
| Dativ | dem Besitzer | den Besitzern |
| Genitiv | des Besitzers | der Besitzer |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationstolzer Besitzer sein
- CollocationBesitzer eines Hauses
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Besitzer sprechenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Besitzer meldet den Verlust.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymEigentümer
Besitzer and Eigentümer designate a person who owns property; Eigentümer often sounds somewhat more formal and can also emphasize legal contexts.
- Broader termPerson — person
Besitzer refers to a person with a specific ownership relationship; Person is the more general term and also includes people without possessions.
- Related termMieter — male tenant
Besitzer and Mieter can concern the same property but designate different roles: ownership is contrasted with use as a Mieter.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- BesitzOther
- -erSuffix
„Besitzer“ is a designation for a person formed synchronically from the verb stem of „besitzen“ and the suffix „-er“.
Word family
- Besitz — possession
- besitzen
- Besitzerin — owner