German noun, masculine · CEFR B2
der Besitz
Meaning in English: possession, property
Example
Das Haus ist seit Generationen im Besitz der Familie.
The house has been in the family for generations.
Der, die or das?
Besitz is masculine: der Besitz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Besitz?
Besitz is number 3,699 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 44,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,695rotred
- 3,696weichento give way (to), to yield
- 3,697der MittwochabendWednesday evening
- 3,698ausprobierento try out
- 3,699der Besitzpossession, property
- 3,700dankethanks, thank you
- 3,701die Datenverarbeitungdata processing
- 3,702die Schauspielerinactress
- 3,703genanntementioned, named
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,699
- The most common German nouns#1,585
- German B2 vocabulary#816
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#406
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.