samvete

Swedish

Etymology

sam- (“co-”) +‎ vete (“know”)

Noun

samvete n

  1. conscience (moral sense)
    Jag har dåligt samvete för vad jag gjorde
    I feel guilty about what I did
    (literally, “I have bad conscience for what I did”)
    Jag kan inte göra det med gott samvete
    I can't do it in good conscience

Declension

Declension of samvete
nominative genitive
singular indefinite samvete samvetes
definite samvetet samvetets
plural indefinite samveten samvetens
definite samvetena samvetenas

Derived terms

References

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