vett
Estonian edit
Noun edit
vett
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From the ve- stem of vesz + -tt.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vett
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of vesz
- Nem vett semmit. ― S/he did not buy anything. (literally, “S/he did not buy nothing.”)
Participle edit
vett
- past participle of vesz
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vett n (definite singular vettet, uncountable)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vett n (definite singular vettet, uncountable)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vit, cognate with Danish vid, German Witz, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), English wit.
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Noun edit
vett n (uncountable)
- ability to behave in a reasonable, sensible, and civilized way; good sense, basic intelligence
- Han har vett nog att inte göra det
- He has enough sense not to do it
- Har du helt tappat vettet?
- Have you totally lost your mind?
- Är du från vettet?
- Are you out of your mind?
- skrämma någon från vettet
- scare someone out of their wits
- banka in vett i skallen på någon
- knock some sense into someone('s skull)
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Nominative | vett | vettet | — | — |
Genitive | vetts | vettets | — | — |
Related terms edit
- ovett
- vett och etikett
- vett och sans
- vettig – sensible, reasonable
- vettlös – senseless, idiotic
- vettskrämd – scared out of one's wits
- vettvilling