Besetzung
German (Berlin)
/bəˈzɛtsʊŋ/
noun
Definitions
- occupation; invasion (of a country)
- squat occupation of a building without permission
- (theater) cast; casting
Etymology
Suffix from German besetzen (occupy, place, garrison, fill, seize).
Origin
German (Berlin)
besetzen
Gloss
occupy, place, garrison, fill, seize
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Besetzer German
- Besetzerin German
- Besetzungsinversion German
- Haus German
- Hausbesetzung German
- Inversion German
- besetzen German
- setzen German
- bezetten Dutch, Flemish
- bezetting Dutch, Flemish
- bezettingszone Dutch, Flemish
- rolbezetting Dutch, Flemish
- *bisatjaną Proto-Germanic
- besettinge Middle Dutch
- besetting Afrikaans