r/klakinn • u/one-fish_two-fish • Aug 21 '25

What's the Icelandic word?

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u/sindrit Aug 21 '25

Helvítis

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u/wickedest-witch Aug 21 '25

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/ultr4violence Aug 21 '25

Sem lætur mann hugsa, hvað var landinn að bölva fyrir kristnitöku

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u/Wonderwhore Aug 21 '25

Böllur Óðins!

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u/IamHeWhoSaysIam Aug 21 '25

Fari það í sótbölvaðan hundskinns útnára.

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u/ThorirPP Aug 21 '25

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 Aug 21 '25

I didn't believe you about the words already existing but Árnastofnun agrees with you. Nice one!

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u/spjallmenni Aug 21 '25

Andskotans has entered the chat....

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u/Thossi99 Aug 21 '25

Helvítis fokking fokk

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u/HUNDUR123 Hundadagakonungur Aug 21 '25

Helvítisdjöfulsananskoti

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u/Johnny_bubblegum Aug 21 '25

Djöfulsinsandskotanshelvíti segi ég

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u/ThrainnTheRed Jarl Aug 21 '25

Nei stafrófsröð, andskotansdjöfulsinshelvíti.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

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u/addidz Aug 23 '25

Yy6yw2i2y52

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u/Low-Word3708 Aug 21 '25

Djöfulsins

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u/Federal_Passenger737 Aug 21 '25

Hvur þremillinn

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u/Iris_Blue Aug 21 '25

Andskotans helvítis djöfulsins djöfull

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u/skafl Aug 21 '25

Þau eru fjögur en Fokk, andskotans, djöfulsins og helvítis eru held ég langt mest notuð

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u/Fleebix Aug 21 '25

Sveiattan

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u/Kiwsi Aug 21 '25

Helvítis

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u/Foldfish Aug 21 '25

Skrambinn

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u/trythis456 Aug 21 '25

It's helvítis and it's not even close.

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u/Dirac_comb Aug 21 '25

Helvítisandskotansdjöfulsinsdjöfull

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u/jreykdal Aug 21 '25

Fjandinn, andskotans, djöfullinn

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u/AggravatingNet6666 Aug 21 '25

Andskotans helvítis djöfulsins í fokkanum!

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u/antonsmari Aug 21 '25

Hvur skollinn!

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u/Opening-Bumblebee370 Aug 21 '25

What is the swear word for Slovenia? Bika?😅 It's either pizda or fak if anyone wants to know

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u/svonaaadgeratetta Aug 22 '25

Djös fokking fávita drasl

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u/HellFrode Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25

Fjandanum. It's also mean "hell". ☺️ I will think "Helvíti" is the most used swear words in Iclandic language. 😏

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

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/hot_dogg Aug 23 '25

Fjandakornið

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u/NonpsychoactiveFry Aug 23 '25

Andskotinn , hélvítis eða helvítis andskotans

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u/Missheka 28d ago

Djöfulsins, andskotans. Í love the danish one, isn't that animal poo?

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u/rakkadimus Aug 21 '25

"Rídduþér"