fanden.
devil, Satan
Meaning & usage
devil, Satan
devil (a mean person)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish fanden, fænden, probably borrowed from Old Frisian fandiand, a present participle of fandia (“to tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to find out”), cognate with Old English fandian (“to try, tempt”), German fahnden (“to search”). Late Old Norse fendinn, Norwegian faen, and Swedish fan are also borrowed, probably via Old Danish, from Frisian.
the hell, the devil (used with an interrogative or relative adverb)
Hvordan fanden gjorde du det?
Har du fået talt med Christoffer, eller hvad fanden det nu var, han hed?
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish fanden, fænden, probably borrowed from Old Frisian fandiand, a present participle of fandia (“to tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to find out”), cognate with Old English fandian (“to try, tempt”), German fahnden (“to search”). Late Old Norse fendinn, Norwegian faen, and Swedish fan are also borrowed, probably via Old Danish, from Frisian.
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