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u/wickedest-witch 10d ago
The most common swear word in Iceland nowadays I would say is fokk, which is just a loanword from the English fuck. In terms of purely Icelandic swears, I'd say it's probably either djöfullinn/djöfulsins, helvíti/helvítis or andskotinn/andskotans.
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u/ThorirPP 10d ago
Technically, fokk isn't a pure loan (otherwise it would probably be fökk). It just so happens that icelandic already had the words fokk and að fokka in the language, related to að fjúka (the english word is also related, but it got a dirty meaning the Icelandic one didn't)
Pretty sure phrases like "allt í fokki", where fokk is used to mean "vitleysa, óstand", already existed in the language from this word, and fused with the curse usage of the word borrowed from English (and since it wasn't vulgar here, it wasn't really seen as strong swear as it is in english)
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u/Skyrlakur 10d ago
I didn't believe you about the words already existing but Árnastofnun agrees with you. Nice one!
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u/HUNDUR123 Hundadagakonungur 10d ago
Helvítisdjöfulsananskoti
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u/Johnny_bubblegum 10d ago
Djöfulsinsandskotanshelvíti segi ég
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u/Opening-Bumblebee370 10d ago
What is the swear word for Slovenia? Bika?😅 It's either pizda or fak if anyone wants to know
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u/HellFrode 10d ago edited 10d ago
Fjandanum. It's also mean "hell". ☺️ I will think "Helvíti" is the most used swear words in Iclandic language. 😏
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9d ago
Probably fokk, helvítis fokking fokk (if it's really fucked), or helvítis, andskotans,djöfulsins, and when you really want to fuck something up, "helvítis rassríðandi andskotans brundkunta". But the last one might just be me after I hit the hammer on the wrong bodypart instead of the nail.
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u/sindrit 10d ago
Helvítis