PewDiePie Teaching British Guy SWEDISH SWEAR WORDS

[@IdaJernberg]

Forgot “skit”. Hehe he swears a lot like someone from Gothenburg 😹

[@MrBergakungen]

The car Honda fitta was very fast renamed in Sweden after its introduction to the Swedish market 2001 :P

[@kristianesi]

It was renamed before release in Japan when the Honda Sweden got the memo about the new model. All the promo material was dumped and it got the name FIT in the rest of the world, in the EU they used the old name Jazz. (I worked at a Honda dealer at the time)

[@etswe]

"Din mamma" doesn´t work on Swedes with Swedish ancestry, , but it´s dynamite if you use it on some immigrant groups.

[@sofiajohansson8537]

I'm a Swede with Swedish ancestry and I totally get "din mamma". But I also grew up on the internet.

[@maryamniord2214]

Think same you. Never heard that one and I am swedish swedish....😂

[@etswe]

In Thailand it's "Din pappa ". There is this old american guy on KZbin. He gets in an argument with a thai man. The thai says: "Your father is dead" The american answer: "Yes my father is dead?" 😂

[@flisan4385]

This is true. Some dude said " jag ska knulla din mamma" (imma fuck your mom) my response was "vad kul! Hon har nog inte fått något på länge" (good for you, she needs to get laid". 😂

[@MikeDraenix]

Yeah, i'd say they usually get a lot more offended by it compared to the average swede

[@jaega4247]

It's weird how Pewdiepie says a lot of words are used like "Fuck", but forgets the actual translation (for the sexual act), which would be "Knulla", and can also be used in a number of ways as a swear word. I'd say that "Fuck" is one of the most versatile words ever, as it seems usable in just about every situation, and as a valid replacement for most other swear words in the English language. Meanwhile, most of the Swedish swear words are more situational. "Knulla" on it's own could work in some cases, but there's usually better alternatives for the given situation. "Fan" in Swedish, for example, is best used as a replacement for "Damn", as it's mostly just a quick way to express frustration, pain or anger when something isn't going your way. "Helvete" is the longer and harsher version, for those times when you stub your toe or hit your thumb with a hammer. As it's literally the Swedish word for "Hell", you can also tell someone to "Dra åt Helvete!" = "Go to hell!" "Fitta" is used just like the English word "Cunt". It could (but shouldn't) even be used the same way Australians do to say hello to their mates. He also forgot "Satan", which is the same as in English, but the Swedish pronunciation makes it a lot more powerful to use for swearing, with a very hard "A" for the first one. "Attans", "Rackarns" and "För bövelen" are extremely mild; more as a comedic replacement when you don't really want to swear in public. Perhaps like "Gosh darn" or "Dammit".

[@dwaynesview]

That’s a great explanation, thank you :)

[@Tweetyfreaky]

Yeah Attans and Rackarns is so mild that parents wouldn't be angry at their children for saying it 😅

[@Knaeckehaexan]

How to use the words "helvete" and "jävlar" properly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHEn2CvmtWniNksi=Gn7qV-S6cWH6Bz-a 😂

[@brasserasse]

Your pronunciation is fucking great!

[@dwaynesview]

Is it really? LOL! Haha! Thanks. I think listening to you guys everyday is starting to get into my head 😂

[@brasserasse]

@@dwaynesview You know more about swedish culture than most Swedes and now you master swedish cursing. Its time to make you an honorary swede>! ;)

[@sirseigan]

Some additional info: The meaning of "Attans" is lost through time. There might be a connection to a an old Germanic word for "Father", which is the first part of the Gothic name for Attila (the Hun) which means "little father" in Gothic. IF (and that is a big if) "Attans" means "father's". "Rackarns" referres to the assistant of an executioner, a "Rackare" (and the -s is the genetive form so "belonging to a rackare). They were the dreggs of society, did the filthiest jobs no rightious Christian would want to touch with a ten foot pole (like cleaning up execition sites, dispose of bodies body parts, kill horses and dogs, castrations etc) and had a lousy pay. There are several words that derives from "Rackare" and none means anything good. "För bövelen" is actually pretty interesting. "Bövel" comes from "Bödel" meaning executioner and is another word for the devil. So "för bövelen" means "for the devil". This also gives "Rackare" another meaning as it can also mean the assistant of the devil. "Öh! Du! Kom hit för fan" can basically be translated to "Oi! You! Come here for fuck sake". "Röv" comes from old Norse "rauf" (pronounce "rauv") and basically meand a crack, split or divide. It cognates to the word ravin meaning a canyon. One of the funnier combinations this is used in is "rövhatt" meaning "ass hat". Another word for the same thing is "Arsel" (or in definitiv form arsle) which cognates with english "Ass" or perhaps rather "Arse". So "What a fucking arse" would be "Vilket jävla arsle". "Din mamma", your mum, will for the most part not make a Swede bat an eye. It have no meaning for us, other the perhaps as a joke with no real offence. There is a humor scetch where a foreginer says "I'm gonna fuck you mum" and the Swedish guy answers "Oh ok? Yea please do that. It was probably a while since she got layed. Have fun." and it is fun because it is kind of an accurate Swedish response to that. People from another cultural background though, that can be an explosive statement. "Jävla" means "devil's" - so something belonging to the devil. It cones from the word Djävul and the -a ending is an old genetive form, especially in indefintive plural genetive form. Så "Din jävla idiot" means "You devil's idiot". "Fitta" means cunt. It cognates with the Swedish placename "fittja" meaning swampy, wet grassland. It comes from the old Norse word "fuþ" [futh] which can still be found in some English dialects (Kent?). So "Din jälva fitta" is much much closer to "You fucking cunt" then "You fucking pussy" (which has a undertone of coward the cunt do not have). "Helvete" means "Hell" but comes from "Hels vite" meaning the punishment of the old norse mythology goddess of the underworld/realm of the dead, which is name Hel. The underworld is also named Hel so the exact details of the meaning is a bit fuzzy. Is it the punishment odin gave the goddess? Or is it a punishment dealt out by the goddess? Or is it a punushment to be in the realm of the dead (instead of being among the living or in Valhall)? Hard to say. I could easiely see the origin be somewhere along the line of "This is [as bad as] Hel's punishment". The phrase "Go to hell" is in Swedish "Far [du] åt helvete" which literaly transkates to "[You] travel towards Hell", but carry the exact meaning of "Go to hell". The [du] is an variation often used in the north of Sweden which have a bit more emphasis and is there a bit "pointier" and more delibirate. I guess the equivalent in english would be "_You_ can go to hell". "Fan" is yet another word for the devil. The phrase "Men det var då fan" literary word for word translates to "But that was then devil". However as a english equivalen I would rather use "But for fuck's sake". A common way to express this is to add a "också", meaning "also", in the end: "Men det var då fan också". This give it kind of the meaning "But then there was the devil also"; just when you thought you were inbtge clear of bad thing then there was, like a a "rotten cherry" on top of all bad thing, the devil also, adding to all the bad things. You can also combine these words into longer curses: Satans helvetes jävla fitt rövhål - I leave it up to you to translate; have fun 😄

[@DONTHASSLETHEHOFF]

Your pronunciation is on point here Dwayne!

[@tovep9573]

"Fitta" is more like c*nt. It's quite a strong swearword and can be offensive so I wouldn't advise you to use it in Sweden. It is always diffficult to gauge these things correctly in a second language. "Fan" and "jävlar" are the most common swears. Similar in meaning to "hell" and "damnation" but perhaps used when a modern Brit would say f*ck.

[@elincarlsson6388]

Yes. Also Kuk is great and not offensive. 👍

[@oh2mp]

Like my friend said: Swearing eg. in Finnish or German sounds like swearing, but in Swedish it sounds like someone's telling how a lamb is walking on a flower field in a sunny summer day :D

[@herrbonk3635]

Men SATAN i HELVETE vilken FÖRBANNAD JÄVLA lögnare du är... :D (That was just a Swedish way saying that you smell nice and are a lovely person.)

[@nenikiato3230]

He's from gothenburg btw, one of swedens best dialects, im from kalmar and i cant proununce the letter R.

[@herrbonk3635]

No, the worst, after Umeå/Luleå/Piteå-mål :)

[@hmark3665]

Here is some more words if you need to throw a curse one someone. Luspudlar, söndagsseglare, sötvattenspirater, kloakrått, fähund, amöbor

[@kristianesi]

Seriously, if you use attans and rackarns you are an equivalent to Ned Flanders...

[@Warutteri]

To a Finnish ear Swedish swears sound pretty wimpy, and I've heard from some Swedish speaking acquaintances that they use Finnish swears from time to time because of how much more powerful they sound (especially PERKELE) 😂 I would love a reaction to a similar video about Finnish swears

[@dwaynesview]

Oh I may have to do Finnish swears next lol!

[@Babesinthewood97]

Yes Swedish swear words are nothing compared to Finland ❤

[@sofiajohansson8537]

I can use SATANS PERKELE or VOI VITTU from time to time 😂 I have no ties to Finland.

[@sirseigan]

​@@sofiajohansson8537I cant really see the differense between that and the swedish: "SATANS JÄVLA SMÖR FITTA" - but I guess that Perkele has a somewhat harder sound with the "r" and the "k".

[@herrbonk3635]

Haha! To me, "perkele" sounds more like a coffee brewer than a cursing :D And also pretty wimpy compared to SATANS FÖRBANNADE HELVETE...

[@pajen32]

Hahaha 😂. I just realized that I swear a lot 🙈. I use "faan", "jävla helvete" and sometimes "jävla fitta" if I talked to some grumpy woman on some authority. För bövelen is a word for old people, just like you said 😂. The funny thing is that when we swedes swear, you use the voice that Pewdiepie had. I don't know if it is like that in other parts of Sweden but he is from Gothenburg, like I am. And when we get angry we just swear with the agressive voice 😂. But we are nice and good people with a lot of humor, so don't be afraid ❤

[@stiglarsson8405]

Swedish swearwords is for the moste blasfemic expressons, often different words for the devil or the hell! When we use words frome under the belt, those are more used to offend someone.. or could offend someone! We altso use a lot of English swearwords, but those are more fun/cool, and dont always means the same as in english.

[@MikeDraenix]

I feel like Pewds pronounces many of those words weirdly for me, but it's probably because he's from Gothenburg

[@loris-bismar]

It sounds weird to me too and im from Gothenburg. Its like he's there, but not all the way. I think he was born south of Gothenburg or something, maybe in Falkenberg and then moved to Gothenburg.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

He forgot "skit" (shit), "bajs" (poop), "kuk" (dick), "hora" (whore), and others... För bövelen is a bit antiquated, nobody really says it nowadays, it's similar to "järnspikar" (iron nails), it's words our grandparents used, not our parents, or we. We also like to mix it up with English swear words, like "du är så jävla fucking ugly".

[@martinhegelius7445]

...and major Morronkrök!

[@robertjoelsson2387]

You are really good in swearing 😂in swedish. Some of it a bit oldfashioned though. Keep up the good work. You seem to have the skills for it. I really enjoy your videos 😊

[@dwaynesview]

Haha I don’t know if that a good or bad thing 😂. Trust me to be good at the sear words lol! I’m glad you enjoy the videos. Thanks for watching.

[@MrBern91]

Ahahahah!!! Smart move, Dwayne! xD To use a pewdiepie reference in your video! :D And yes, those early examples in the video were common swear words in like the 1960s and 70s and earlier, no-one really use them anymore. :P So you are 100% right by thinking that it would be an old man using those! :P They stem from a time when people would concider swearing or cursing to be a sign of feeblemindness and a lack of vocal talent, so people tended to use strange words like these to express their displease and unsatisfaction. :)

[@phnome123]

I don't know dialect PewDiePie has but the pronunciation just sounds wrong.

[@sofiajohansson8537]

I am a woman and Fitta is my favorite swear word. It feels so good screaming FITTAAAA when you hurt yourself, and I do that alot at work. To not mix up fitta and fika: Fitta - short i, loud t Fika - long i, loud i "Jävla skit" is also one of my favourites, I am too tired to remember if Felix said that one but it is basically like "Fucking shit!" Helvete is also a good one, the direct translation is Hell - only. But to ask someone to go to hell is "Dra åt helvete".

[@herrbonk3635]

Förbannade jävla kukhelvete är också skönt att skrika :)

[@albertbergquist2113]

Fan = the devil. Djävlar = devils, helvete = hell. There's a theme here.

[@albertbergquist2113]

Oh, ofcourse you can use "kuk" = cock as a swear word, like in kukhuvud = cock head. If one doesn't express enough meaning it's just to combine them "fan i helvetes jävla skit" is a classic.

[@friswing]

Swedish swear words are usually around the devil or hell. Helvete = hell. Fan = the devil. Though, of course, they are just used to show frustration. In the beginning he used the 'soft' words, that no one will be offended by. För bövelen is very old, like centuries old. He forgot "SKIT" = Shit. But often we pronounce it in English, probably because there is more 'weight' in the English SHI-sound

[@olsa76]

He probably forgot it because we barely even consider it a swear word. Almost the first thing I did when I went to England as an au pair in my youth was to say shit in front of the kid. The thought didn't occur to me that it would be wrong to say in front of a child? It's a body fluid 🤷‍♂️

[@friswing]

@@olsa76 Yes, but many older people don't like you to say 'shit' for example in the kitchen, etc. They are really listening to the meaning of the word, and not the expression of frustration. There are many other things you can say in front of children, e.g. Attans, Katten också,

[@LW_94]

This video was amazing 😂

[@SusanneEricsson-f9m]

Very well Dwayne. Welcome to Sweden. 😅

[@carro-xb9oz]

för bövelen u can compare with god damn it!

[@mikaelathunell2822]

It's funny how he chose to include "attans" and "förbövelen" which is super mild and barely used, while excluding "skit" which is way mor frequent and a a bit harsher. Directly translated it's "shit". Either you use it as an exclamation like "skit också!" (Like "damn it!") when something goes wrong, or as a a prefix that reinforces a word like "jag skulle aldrig köpa en sådan skitbil" (I would never buy such a shitty/crappy car"). Or "Hon är skitsnygg!" (she's damn hot!") I would also say that "fitta" as a swear word is more like "cunt" than "pussy". Btw, you pronounced "din mamma" almost perfectly! 👏

[@SteamboatW]

Well, you swear quite good, Dwayne.

[@dwaynesview]

LOL! Do I really? I’m set to visit Sweden then haha! 👍🏾

[@AmaliaGranath]

"Skit" is the most common one!

[@DNA912]

3:32 the exmple here I think would be equvilant toy how you use "oi" in english. including the slightly aggressive tone that 'oi' gives. (In meaning, not pronunciation, obviously) also, the whole sentence he says would translate to "Oi! Get over here for fuck sake"

[@elincarlsson6388]

"Satans Jävla Helvete!" really rolls off the tongue. Or "Helvetes jävla fan!" I'd translate 'Fan' as 'devil' if you want to be literal.

[@_CuddlyBunny_]

I love old Pewdiepie when he sweard a lot in Swedish :D I would like to see that you react to Finnish curse words too :D That dammit for example we say ''Hitto'' etc.. :D Pewdiepie has soo funny old vids where he swears a lot and he's done vids like try not to swear challenges and eat beanpoozled same time lol I've also heard him saying a lot ''satans fitta'' in finnish ''saatanan vittu'', fitta is vittu lol when he's frustrated lol, don't if that's ow you write it lol and you said so well the swear words! well done :D

[@TheRealRhinji]

It's not a swear but the english is, like when I playing games and I typ "slut" it's mean "the end" or "end" and I hate it when it's blocked. It was a funny video 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ohrusty]

Oh jeez, you are too good at these pronounciations for your own good. D:

[@maryamniord2214]

My ex-husband use Förbövelen...... still in use....

[@Tukor888]

Yes they are real

[@Dunderhungrig]

The direct translation for fuck is knulla in swedish 👌

[@AmaliaGranath]

"Fan" means the devil aswell!

[@AlbinGamer69]

Fan!

[@mikaelwerner8146]

It`s very regional words i think they aren`t so common in cities but on the countryside they use it by the way im an hillbillie and here we still use many of those

[@joakimkarlsson9942]

We have only four curse worlds. The rest is just to make your point stronger. Fan, jävla, helvete and satan.

[@robertthoren4022]

Satan is also a good one thar he forgot

[@Babesinthewood97]

They are real swear words But they are not so harsh, and they’re old fashioned.

[@martinhegelius7445]

Oj det var väldigt!

[@monikanordgren5844]

Swede here I say Förbövlen.

[@KAFFE-KATT]

För fan ja=hell yes

[@TTDahl]

My first thought was, omg he's good. Then I started to smile, because as it escalated it sounded like a German trying to pronounce the words. Lol. Funny.

[@loka-chan6695]

Helvette is hell so yeah

[@CaffeinatedManda]

i hate this... i realize that i use a lot of the old swear words in my head daily LUL

[@loka-chan6695]

Mostly old ones. Fan is popular

[@jrlindstrom8610]

Dwayne, remember to wash your mouth with soap now 😂😉

[@swedishmetalbear]

These are typical swear words in Gothenburg..(Göteborg) I would say.

[@angelicakoutsouridakis5816]

He should have said skitstövel too. You can call stupid people that and it literally translates to shit boot.

[@viktoriabackeus7610]

I don't think I've ever heard anyone useing "rackarns".... Maybe like if you have young kids and don't want to swear in front of them but need to express yourself in a sweary kind of way-word.

[@kungputte73]

He's trolling you

[@maryamniord2214]

It is real

[@loris-bismar]

We usually dont use 'fitta' for pussy. Pussy is something beautiful, fitta is not. Its more like 'see you next tuesday'. You wouldnt use that word in a sexual manner, unless its very dirty dirtytalk. The word in itself actually means like swamp or wetlands. But modern use has made that word a really dirty swear word.

[@Xerdoz]

Why isn't he teaching how to pretend to be scared of video games?

[@izabellnemilindfors2566]

Hes right becas im from sweden

[@carro-xb9oz]

it is real

[@vicolin6126]

Like someone else commented, most "real" Swedish swearwords are based on religious terms revolving around the devil and hell. Only immigrant groups use insults revolving around somebody's parents and/or lineage - so PLEASE don't ever use those, it makes you instantly sound uncultured. Pew does not really make for a great example of somebody swearing for real, from the heart. Normally a Swede is pretty quiet and reserved, so if you hear somebody shout (or slightly raise their voice) "FAAAN" it makes you turn your head to look at the commotion. I would typically use that as "damnit", like you stub your toe while in a hurry or something like that. "HELVETE" (literally HELL) is more of a "bloody hell, things are going to shit" kind of expression, with the word it self best said as a low grumble for effect. "JÄVLA" (Demon/Damn) is best used as a word describing another word, with a popular companion being "SKIT" - literally translating to "DAMN SHIT".

[@AlexanderLindström-f9g]

Yes sir

[@Knaeckehaexan]

How to use the words "helvete" and "jävlar" properly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHEn2CvmtWniNksi=Gn7qV-S6cWH6Bz-a 😂

[@kungputte73]

Most of we don't ues

[@moorgrove7999]

All are real swearwords

[@henriknaavala287]

thoose are really old swear words from the 1800 🤣🤣we dont swear like that today we say alot Helvete Fan kuk fitta etc

Yeah, no... that whole video is bit... off... I mean, even his pronunciation for Ö is sooo heavily influenced by his dialect and it's not how most of the country pronounce it. Also, swearing is mostly not a big thing in Sweden, as long as you stay away from words such as "fitta", not because we don't mind hearing the word itself but it shouldn't be associated with something negative. Speaking for myself, the ones I use and hear the most are: "Fan, helvete, satan, fuck, and damn or damnit (so, the last to are not Swedish, obviously) .

[@scyphe]

Are these real swearwords? Depends on who you are, where you live and if you want to sound like a nitwit or an angry person. Pewdiepie doesn't make the most coherent content. Some of his translations aren't really correct. The comment by jaega4247 explains it a lot better.

[@polytaur]

The reason he sounds so angry while saying the swearwords is because he has a dialect called gothenburgish, because. Gothenburg. We just sound very angry while swearing compared to people that speak "regular" swedish

[@Elis_Nordgall]

Brother, of the bigger accents you have one of the least angry sounding ones.

[@herrbonk3635]

He sounds angry because he yell... However, you Göteborgare tend to always sound kind of frustrated, irritated and complaining when you speak. At least from an outsiders perspective. But you are ok, still... :D

[@loris-bismar]

​​@@herrbonk3635ahh you mean the "ååh vafan e de mä dajj nu då, e du helt jävla go i hövvet elle?" "Ska man behöööva gö allt själv änna" "tjööööötaaaaa". Sometimes we are happy too, but not when you're around making our lives annoying 😉😂

[@herrbonk3635]

@@loris-bismar No, the melody and cadence in itself. You don't have to be pissed off, you tend to sound like it anyway. The same goes for certain forms of norrländska, but in a completely different way(!) The opposite would be Wermländska. They always sound cute and kind. Or even Kalmar, Blekinge, Östergötland and some others. (We "Stockholmers" can appreciate quite a few Swedish dialects, not only our own... :D).

[@loris-bismar]

@@herrbonk3635 intressant ändå. Förstår vad du menar och samtidigt håller jag inte med för att det också finns en del av den norska melodin med att gå upp i slutet av meningen som i sin tur låter glatt. De e la de som e grejen me en dialekt som är en blandning av 3 olika dialekter antar jag. Bohuslänska, Hallänska å västgötska.

[@albertbergquist2113]

Rackarns = the rascal, thus a kind form of the devil ...

[@GustavXify]

More or less, most of the swedish swear word is connected to the devil or hell, different variasion of hell and the devil Not fuck (knulla)

[@giajensen1689]

All his swearwords is (or most of them) are old man swearwords… But our swearwords all has a religious origian. So hell (helvete), jävlar (devils), satan or fan (the devil) and so on. Nothing to do with fucking…or sex…

[@elizabethlillieronn1040]

Fattar is The same word like hore

[@maryamniord2214]

Jävla is more damm.

[@kungputte73]

Nobody says these words

[@LoneWolf731000]

This is how rude people is born, do he not have brain enough to do better things but things we absolutely do not need!, simply he do not know better..

[@AmaliaGranath]

Dont say "fitta" in Sweden!

[@hightie1]

Very old words( most of them) very PC.

[@livedandletdie]

Attans - Literally means "The Father's" Atta is an extremely Archaic word for father. Rackarns - Literally means "The Brat's" Förbaskat - derived from Barsk meaning to be rough, loanword from German. Literally means "enough to get angry over". Förbövelen - compound of För Bövelen lit. meaning, for the Executioner. Wasn't always an expletive. Röv - The very much informal word for buttocks. Not a swearword in my region, as the formal word doesn't really exist here. Scania represent... Rövhål - Hole of the Buttocks. Din Mamma - Your Mother, not a swear per say, unless you say it to a so called Blatte(foreigner, not a swear but an insult nonetheless) or Babbe(Arab, also an insult.). Jävla - From Djävul(Devil), it's technically an old typo, it's derived from Djävulars(Plural form of Devil in the Genitive case). Fitta - Lit. meaning moor/bog/swamp never used in that manner though, and I think the female reproductive organ connotation of the word is self-evident with the lit. meaning. Helvete - Lit. Hell, derived from höll meaning hidden, ENGLISH hole also comes from it, the vete part means punishment and is very archaic, modern day word is vite, as vete is wheat. Fan - lit. The Enemy. Also due to biblical connotations associated with the Devil, due to the devil being the enemy. Cognate with Swedish Fienden. Also it's due to being a loanword from Frisian word Fannjen. Which is cognate with old Norse Fenndin. Here's a nice sentence I cooked up... Attans Jävla Helvete vad fan din mammas fitta luktar förbaskat röv förbövelen ditt rövhål. A more friendly construction. Jag finner att modern dins liv doftar likt ett avlopp en varm sommardag min herr.(I find your mother's "life" fragrant like a sewer on a hot summer's day, sir.) And I know which one of these I'd find the most insulting...