ett samvete

samvete in a sentence

• Jag har dåligt samvete för vad jag gjorde
  I feel guilty about what I did
• Jag kan inte göra det med gott samvete
  I can't do it in good conscience

Expressions

• ha dåligt samvete
  have a guilty conscience

Words built with samvete

• samvetslös unscrupulous

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish samvit, a calque of Latin conscientia, equivalent to sam- (“co-”) + vete (obsolete dative singular form of vet, itself a byform of vett).

Nearby common words

samvete is number 2,154 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 2,150brottsplats Crime scene, crime scene
• 2,151rån wafer, robbery
• 2,152stilig stylish
• 2,153skalle head, cranium
• 2,155längst longest, tallest, furthest
• 2,156art species, type
• 2,157uppfostra bring up
• 2,158medveten aware