| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /bəˈsət/ |
| Hyphenation | be·sit |
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|---|
| besit | - |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| besittende | besit |
| Catalan | posseir |
|---|---|
| Czech | mít; vlastnit |
| Danish | besidde; eje |
| Dutch | bezitten; erop nahouden; rijk zijn; in het bezit zijn van; in eigendom hebben; in handen hebben |
| English | own; possess |
| English (Old English) | agan |
| Esperanto | posedi; proprumi |
| Faeroese | eiga |
| Finnish | omistaa |
| French | posséder |
| German | besitzen; im Besitz sein |
| Icelandic | eiga |
| Italian | possedere |
| Latin | possidere |
| Low German | besitten |
| Norwegian | eie |
| Papiamento | poseé; tin; tini |
| Portuguese | fruir; possuir; ter |
| Romanian | avea; deține; poseda |
| Russian | владеть |
| Saterland Frisian | besitte; häbe |
| Scots | awn; aucht |
| Spanish | poseer |
| Swedish | innehava; äga |
| West Frisian | besitte |