faen

See also: fän

Asturian

Verb

faen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of faer

Bislama

Etymology

From English fine

Noun

faen

  1. A fine
    • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎, →ISBN, page 344:
      Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden, Faroese fanin and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɑːən]

Noun

faen m (genitive faens)

  1. the Devil, Satan
  2. (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, jeg synes synd på deg.
    Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er en sleip faen.
    You’re a cunning devil.
    Hvordan skal en fattig faen overleve her?
    How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

Interjection

faen

  1. damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!
    Fuck!
    Faen ta deg!
    Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!
    I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikke faen!
    Hell no!

Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɑːən]

Noun

faen m (genitive faens)

  1. the Devil, Satan
  2. (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.
    Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er en sleip faen.
    You’re a cunning devil.
    Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?
    How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

Interjection

faen

  1. damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!
    Fuck!
    Faen ta deg!
    Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!
    I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikkje faen!
    Hell no!

Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Derived terms

References

  • “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

faen

  1. Soft mutation of maen.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
maen faen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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