Swedish noun

en etik

ethics

Meaning

ethics

In Swedish: moralregler

Forms

Forms of etik
Singular, indefiniteen etik
Singular, definiteetiken

etik is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor etik, den stora etiken. Check another noun

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etik in a sentence

  • etik och moral
    ethics and morality

Questions

What does etik mean in English?

etik means “ethics”.

Is it en etik or ett etik?

It is en etik, and “the ethics” is etiken.

Origin

From Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “relating to customs or character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “custom, character”), from earlier ἒθος (èthos).

Nearby common words

etik is number 8,271 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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