To read more about swearing in Norwegian check this blogpost I wrote What the Faen? How to Swear in Norwegian.Īmericans with Norwegian heritage are probably those who know how to differentiate them the most among “foreigners” since they have heard them from their grandparents and parents since childhood. Keep in mind though that neither of these are swear words in Norwegian. They would be shocked at your lack of sensitivity at worst. Although they seem similar, using them to say the same thing would be a huge cultural mistake and would raise eyebrows from Norwegians at best. Instead foreigners learn expressions like Ugler i mosen and Svin på skogen, see this article for more Norwegian expressions.īut reality is that Norwegians do say both of these expressions a lot.
In Norwegian classes nobody teaches you how to use these expressions.
This is a tricky one, because although these two expressions sound roughly the same to a foreign ear, Norwegians have very distinct contexts in which they use these expressions.
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