Noun: faen
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Definite
Sample Sentences
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Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg. (Poor devil, I pity you.)
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Du er ein sleip faen. (You’re a cunning devil.)
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Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her? (How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?)
Nouns inflected like faen
sjuttu,
smyrju,
solrev,
skrika,
skjemt,
bakbord,
groschen,
fyrverk,
aftanròde,
kakuskive,
samkvæme,
papyrus,
deja vu,
enten-eller,
spanderbukser,
flyttefot,
aprilnarr,
raudruss,
falsk venn,
småsystrer, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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. See: Old Norse Nouns '
fendinn', Old Norse Nouns '
fjándinn', Danish Nouns '
fanden', Swedish Nouns '
fan'.
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