Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb besitzen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb besitzen, along with their English translations.

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich besaß	I owned
du besaßt	you owned
er besaß	he owned
sie besaß	she owned
wir besaßen	we owned
ihr besaßt	you owned
sie besaßen	they owned

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