geweten

Significado

conscience

Freqüência

Hifenizado como

ge‧we‧ten

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɣəˈʋeː.tə(n)/

Etimologia

16th century, calque of German Gewissen, in part through Middle Low German gewēten. Further from Middle High German gewizzen, from Old High German gewizzanī, a calque of Latin conscientia, itself a calque of Ancient Greek συνείδησις (suneídēsis). Equivalent to ge- + weten (“to know”).

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weten

(transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something
(transitive) to remember
(auxiliary) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")

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