jävel

See also: javel, Javel, and jævel

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

See djävul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛːˌvɛl/

Noun

jävel c

  1. (offensive, vulgar) a son of a bitch, a bastard, a motherfucker (sometimes used as a term of endearment)
    Dra åt helvete, din jävel! ― Go to hell, you son of a bitch!
    Ronny är en rolig jävel. ― Ronny is a funny bastard.
  2. (colloquial, mildly vulgar, in the expression "inte en jävel") a person, a soul
    Synonyms: kotte, käft
    När jag kom fram till mötesplatsen var det inte en jävel där.
    When I got to the meeting place, not a soul was there.
  3. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) a drink, a small amount of hard liquor
    Hon tog sig en jävel.
    She had a drink.
  4. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) a demon (someone skilled)
    Han är en jävel på tennis!
    He's a demon at tennis (damn good at tennis)!
  5. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) a smack, a whack
    Ge honom en jävel!
    Give him a smack!

Declension

Declension of jävel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite jävel jävels
definite jäveln jävelns
plural indefinite jävlar jävlars
definite jävlarna jävlarnas

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.