Information about the word own (English → Esperanto: posedi)

Synonyms: possess, be possessed of, be in possession of

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/əʊ̯n/
Hyphenationown
Shavian alphabet𐑴𐑯
Deseret alphabet𐐬𐑌

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) own(I) owned
(thou) ownest(thou) ownedst
(he) owns, owneth(he) owned
(we) own(we) owned
(you) own(you) owned
(they) own(they) owned
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) own (I) owned
(thou) own(thou) owned
(he) own(he) owned
(we) own(we) owned
(you) own(you) owned
(they) own(they) owned
Participles
Present participlePast participle
owningowned

Usage samples

By 1650, the Dutch owned 16,000 merchant ships.
The café where Tatarskij was killed was owned by Prigožin.
The London Stock Exchange owns the biggest clearing house.

Translations

Afrikaansbesit
Catalanposseir
Czechmít; vlastnit
Danisheje
Dutchbezitten; in eigendom hebben
English (Old English)agan
Esperantoposedi; proprumi
Faeroeseeiga
Finnishomistaa
Frenchposséder
Germanbesitzen
Icelandiceiga
Italianpossedere
Latinpossidere
Low Germanbesitten
Norwegianeie
Papiamentoposeé; tin; tini
Portuguesefruir; possuir; ter
Romanianavea; deține; poseda
Russianвладеть
Saterland Frisianbesitte; häbe
Scotsawn; aucht
Spanishposeer
Swedishinnehava; äga
West Frisianbesitte