kattjävel

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of katt (cat) +‎ jävel (bastard, literally devil).

Noun

kattjävel c

  1. (vulgar) A cat deserving contempt.
    Synonym: kattkräk
    • 1952, Evert Taube, Jag kommer av ett brusand’ hav, page 86:
      Och till fru Johanssons katt som krupit genom hagtornshäcken för att titta på honom riktar han den tillsynes idiotiska frågan:
      – Skall det vara röken eller gardinen och varför? Svara, kattjävel!
      And to Mrs. Johansson's cat, which had crept through the hawthorn hedge to gaze at him, he directed the seemingly idiotic question:
      – Shall it be the smoke or the curtain, and why? Answer, you blasted cat!
    • 2023 June 6, “Kan man fotografera kattjävlar med Sony A7R5? Jajamän! [Can you photograph cat bastards with the Sony A7R5? Absolutely!]”, in Fotosidan:
      Slutsatsen är att kameran är magiskt bra på att sätta fokus också på kattjävlar. Ni kommer få stå ut med fler av dem vad det lider :D
      The conclusion is that the camera is magically good at nailing focus, even on cat bastards. You'll have to put up with more of them over time :D

Declension

Declension of kattjävel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kattjävel kattjävels
definite kattjäveln kattjävelns
plural indefinite kattjävlar kattjävlars
definite kattjävlarna kattjävlarnas