jäsiken

Swedish

Etymology

Euphemistic form of djävulen (“the devil”).[1] Compare dialectal djäse (“the devil”).

Interjection

jäsiken

  1. (colloquial, chiefly humorous) euphemistic form of jävlar; darn, gosh
    ja jäsiken
    gosh darn [ja jävlar]

See also

References

  1. ^ jäsiken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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