Gewissen
German (Berlin)
/ɡəˈvɪsən/
noun
Definitions
- conscience moral sense or faculty
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German giwizzani.
Origin
Old High German
giwizzani
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inwit English
- wit English
- cōnscientia Latin
- -s- German
- Biss German
- Gewissenhaftigkeit German
- Gewissensbiss German
- gewissenhaft German
- gewisse Dutch, Flemish
- inwit Middle English
- giwizzani Old High German
- apziņa Latvian
- en Latvian
- gen.] Latvian
- genitive Latvian
- sirds Latvian
- sirdsapziņa Latvian
- gewizzen Middle High German
- Gewëssen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gewēten Middle Low German
- Geweten Low German