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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse helvíti ("Hell"), compound word of hel, Hel ("the goddess of the realm of the dead") (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) and víti ("punishment"). Compare Swedish helvete, Danish helvede, Icelandic helvíti, Old High German hellawîzi, Old Saxon helliwīti and Old English hellewīte.
Noun
helvete n (definite singular helvetet, indefinite plural helveter, definite plural helveta or helvetene) (virtually never inflected)
- Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.
Noen tror de fordømte kommer til helvete.- Some people believe that the damned are sent to hell.
- (literally, “That the damned come to hell.”)
- I kveld står jeg her i Kristi sted, jeg taler sikkert til mange i kveld som vet de er uomvendte. Du vet at om du stupte død om på gulvet i dette øyeblikk, så stupte du like i helvete. (from Norwegian Wikiquote, said by Ole Hallesby (1879 - 1961))
- Tonight I stand here in Christ's stead, it's for sure that I am speaking to many who know they are not converted tonight. You know that if you fell dead to the floor in this very moment, you would fall straight to hell.
- A place, or a circumstance, connected with great suffering in life.
Jeg drar aldri til det stedet igjen, det var et helvete.- I'm never going to that place again, it was like hell.
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(place of suffering):
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Etymology 2
From the noun.
Interjection
helvete
- hell!, fuck!, damn!
- Helvete, hva gikk galt? ― Damn it, what went wrong?
- Faen i helvete! ― Damn (it)!
- Dra til helvete! ― Go to hell!
- Hva i helvetet er det du vil? ― What the hell do you want?
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Norse helvíti ("Hell"), compound word of hel, Hel ("the goddess of the realm of the dead") (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) and víti ("punishment"). Compare Swedish helvete, Danish helvede, Icelandic helvíti, Old High German hellawîzi, Old Saxon helliwīti and Old English hellewīte.
Noun
helvete n (genitive helvetes) (virtually never inflected)
- Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.
Somme trur dei fordømde kjem til helvete.- Some people believe that the damned are sent to hell.
- (literally, “That the damned come to hell.”)
- No er eg visst den einaste presten i Noregs land som kan seie han har vore i Helvete, og som har sloppe heil-skinna ut att. (Article in the Norwegian Nynorsk edition of Wikipedia)
- Now I am probably the only priest in the lands of Norway who can say that he has been in Hell, and has escaped it safe and sound.
- A place, or a circumstance, connected with great suffering in life.
Eg dreg aldri til den staden igjen, han var eit helvete.- I'm never going to that place again, it was like hell.
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(place of suffering):
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Etymology 2
From the noun.
Interjection
helvete
- hell!, fuck!, damn!
- Helvete, kva gjekk galt? ― Damn it, what went wrong?
- Faen i helvete! ― Damn (it)!
- Dra til helvete! ― Go to hell!
- Kva i helvetet er det du vil? ― What the hell do you want?
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hælvīte, from Old Norse helvíti, from hel (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) + víti. In old Norse mythology, the god Loke had a daughter called Hel, who ruled the death realm, Niefelheim. Helvete is a combination of her name and the Old Norse word víti, meaning "punishment". Helvete thus means, the punishment of Hel. Compare Norwegian Bokmål helvete, Norwegian Nynorsk helvete, Danish helvede, Icelandic helvíti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛlˌvɛtɛ/, /ˈhɛlˌveːtɛ/
Noun
helvete n
- Hell (place where sinners go after death according to some religions)
- (figuratively) hell (place or circumstance associated with great suffering)
Det var ett rent helvete- It was pure hell
Declension
Interjection
helvete
- a curse
Helvetes jävla skit!- Hell's damn shit! (Fucking hell!)
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