"vett" meaning in Swedish

See vett in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sv-ett vett.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vett [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], vettet [definite, nominative, uncountable], vetts [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], vettets [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Etymology: From Old Norse vit, cognate with Danish vid, German Witz, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), English wit. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|vit}} Old Norse vit, {{cog|da|vid}} Danish vid, {{cog|de|Witz}} German Witz, {{cog|got|𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹||ignorance}} Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), {{cog|en|wit}} English wit Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns|uncountable|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} vett n (uncountable), {{sv-noun|n|-}} vett n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|vett|vettet|-|-|vetts|vettets|-|-|definitions=|gender=Neuter|uncountable=yes}}
  1. ability to behave in a reasonable, sensible, and civilized way; good sense, basic intelligence Tags: neuter, uncountable Related terms: ovett, vett och etikett, vett och sans, vettig (english: sensible), reasonable, vettlös (english: senseless), idiotic, vettskrämd (english: scared out of one's wits), vettvilling, förstånd

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Han har vett nog att inte göra det",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Have you totally lost your mind?",
          "text": "Har du helt tappat vettet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Are you out of your mind?",
          "text": "Är du från vettet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scare someone out of their wits",
          "text": "skrämma någon från vettet",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "knock some sense into someone('s skull)",
          "text": "banka in vett i skallen på någon",
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        }
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          "word": "vett och sans"
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          "word": "vettig"
        },
        {
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          "word": "vettlös"
        },
        {
          "word": "idiotic"
        },
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          "word": "vettskrämd"
        },
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        {
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        }
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      "word": "vett och sans"
    },
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      "word": "vettig"
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      "english": "senseless",
      "word": "vettlös"
    },
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      "word": "idiotic"
    },
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      "english": "scared out of one's wits",
      "word": "vettskrämd"
    },
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      "word": "vettvilling"
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        {
          "english": "He has enough sense not to do it",
          "text": "Han har vett nog att inte göra det",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Have you totally lost your mind?",
          "text": "Har du helt tappat vettet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Are you out of your mind?",
          "text": "Är du från vettet?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "scare someone out of their wits",
          "text": "skrämma någon från vettet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "knock some sense into someone('s skull)",
          "text": "banka in vett i skallen på någon",
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