# der Gewissensbiss

der Gewissensbiss is a German noun meaning “pang of conscience”. Forms: des Gewissensbisses, die Gewissensbisse.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Gewissensbisses
- Plural: die Gewissensbisse

## In other languages

- Русский: угрызение совести

## Meanings

1. pang of conscience
2. _in the plural_ compunction

## Examples

- Er hatte keinerlei Gewissensbisse. — He did not have any qualm of conscience.
- Er hatte Gewissensbisse. — His conscience stung him.
- Er hatte keine Gewissensbisse. — He did not have any qualm of conscience.
- Ich habe Gewissensbisse. — I have a guilty consciousness.
- Er verspürte Gewissensbisse. — He felt the pricks of conscience.

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