ett vett

vett in a sentence

• du borde haft vett att inte ge dig ut i det här vädret
  you should have had the sense not to go out in this weather
• Han har vett nog att inte göra det.
  He has enough sense not to do it.
• Det är svårt att försöka banka in vett i skallen på någon.
  It's hard to try to knock some sense into someone('s head).

Expressions

• med vett och vilja
  knowingly and willingly

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Origin

From Old Swedish vit, from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witą.

Nearby common words

vett is number 3,756 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,752sväva float
• 3,753allergisk allergic
• 3,754begäran application, request
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• 3,757bevittna witness, certify
• 3,758sallad salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables), vegetables consisting of leaves, typically lettuce
• 3,759stål steel
• 3,760granska review, check