helvete.
Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.
Meaning & usage
Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.
Noen tror de fordømte kommer til helvete.
A place, or a circumstance, connected with great suffering in life.
Jeg drar aldri til det stedet igjen, det var et helvete.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse helvíti ("Hell"), compound word of hel, Hel ("the goddess of the realm of the dead") (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) and víti ("punishment"). Compare Swedish helvete, Danish helvede, Icelandic helvíti, Old High German hellawîzi, Old Saxon helliwīti and Old English hellewīte.
hell!, fuck!, damn!
Helvete, hva gikk galt?
Faen i helvete!
Where this word comes from
From the noun.
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