jäkel

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • djäkel

Etymology

First attested in 1508 as dyäkel. Compare German Low German Deiker. Similar to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækel.

Noun

jäkel c

  1. euphemistic form of jävel
    Din jäkel!
    You bastard!
    Han är en jäkel på tennis
    He's a hell of a tennis player (a devil at tennis)

Usage notes

Milder than jävel, but not inoffensive depending on usage.

Declension

Declension of jäkel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite jäkel jäkels
definite jäkeln jäkelns
plural indefinite jäklar jäklars
definite jäklarna jäklarnas

Derived terms

References

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