ful fisk

Swedish

Etymology

ful (“ugly; dirty, bad”) +‎ fisk (“fish”)

Noun

ful fisk c

  1. (idiomatic) a criminal or deceitful person, a bad guy
    Han är en riktigt ful fisk
    He's a real bad guy
    I de lugnaste vatten simmar de fulaste fiskarna
    In the calmest waters swim the ugliest fish [proverb referring to bad people turning up in unexpected places, sometimes shortened to "I de lugnaste vatten"]

Declension

Declension of ful fisk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ful fisk ful fisks
definite fula fisken fula fiskens
plural indefinite fula fiskar fula fiskars
definite fula fiskarna fula fiskarnas

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