æv

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See also: äv., AEV, and aèv

Danish

Interjection

æv

  1. what a pity, I dislike this turn of events
  2. shame on you, shame on that person
    • 2016, Erling Poulsen, Ingen så det ske, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      En dyb væmmelse og harme fyldte ham. Æv, den hykler.
      A deep disgust and outrage filled him. Shame on that hypocrite.
  3. I am disgusted
    • 2016, Cecil Bødker, Jerutte besøger hundejens, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Lidt efter fortsatte hun med væmmelse: Æv hvor den savler – den smører det af på tøjet – puh hvor er den ulækker.
      A little later, she continued with disgust: Ew, how it salivates - it wipes it off on the clothes - ew, it is so disgusting.
    • 2014, Stefan A. H. Holmgren, Døden i sandstormen, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 159:
      Æv, hvor ser det sår grimt ud,” gryntede Cheops.
      Ew, that is one ugly wound,” Cheops grunted.
    • 2011, Renée Toft Simonsen, Karla og Katrine, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      Æv, hvor er I ulækre
      Ew, you are so disgusting.
  4. (childish) I dislike that behaviour.
    • 2016, Inger Juul, Vibs og de sammensvorne, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      »Uh, bare vi ingen drenge havde i klassen, så stod vi stærkere. I ødelægger alting.« »Æv, hvor er I vigtige,« vrængede Kaj.
      »Oh, I wish we had no boys in the class, then we should be stronger. You destroy everything.« »Oh, you are so self-important,« Kaj sneered.

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