fanden

== Danish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfanən], (as an adverb also) IPA(key): [ˈfæː(æ)n] === Noun === fanden c (Christianity) devil, Satan devil (a mean person) ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === fanden (vulgar) the hell, the devil (used with an interrogative or relative adverb) ==== Synonyms ==== helvede == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfandn̩/, /ˈfandən/ === Verb === fanden first/third-person plural preterite of finden == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === faen fan (used in juxtapositions) === Etymology === Likely borrowed from Frisian fannen, fannjen, fännen (“tempter”). Possibly through Danish. === Proper noun === fanden m (Christianity) devil Synonym: Satan ==== Derived terms ==== (genitive) fandens (idiom) fanden og hans oldemor === Interjection === fanden used as an expletive to express displeasure === References === “fanden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Cf. Norwegian Bokmål “fanden” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).