See faenskap on Wiktionary
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],
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],
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"fandenskap",
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}
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"etymology_text": "From faen (“the Devil; damn, fuck”) + -skap (“state, condition or behaviour-forming noun suffix”).\nCompare fandenskap (“devilry; trouble, nuisance”), formed with the fuller fanden (“the Devil”).",
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{
"form": "faenskapen",
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"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "faenskaper",
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]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "faenskapene",
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"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "faenskapa",
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"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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}
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]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"_dis": "86 14",
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"parents": [],
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"english": "He did it out of sheer spite.",
"text": "Han gjorde det på ren faenskap.",
"translation": "He did it out of sheer spite.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to cause trouble; to get up to mischief",
"text": "gjøre faenskap",
"translation": "to cause trouble; to get up to mischief"
},
{
"english": "to engage in mischief or troublesome behaviour",
"text": "drive med faenskap",
"translation": "to engage in mischief or troublesome behaviour"
},
{
"english": "to do something deliberately out of spite or malice",
"text": "gjøre noe på faenskap",
"translation": "to do something deliberately out of spite or malice"
},
{
"english": "to plot or devise mischief",
"text": "pønske på faenskap",
"translation": "to plot or devise mischief"
},
{
"english": "out of sheer spite or devilry; solely in order to cause trouble",
"text": "på pur faenskap",
"translation": "out of sheer spite or devilry; solely in order to cause trouble"
},
{
"english": "they smashed three brand-new cars to pieces purely out of spite",
"ref": "1988, Finn Carling, Gjensyn fra en fremtid, page 377:",
"text": "de [bulket] sønder og sammen tre flunkende nye biler bare på ren faenskap",
"translation": "they smashed three brand-new cars to pieces purely out of spite",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "purely out of mischief, he is “sent to Buskerud to preach the revolution”",
"ref": "1995, Roy Jacobsen, Trygve Bratteli, page 102:",
"text": "på pur faenskap [blir han] «sendt til Buskerud for å preke revolusjonen»",
"translation": "purely out of mischief, he is “sent to Buskerud to preach the revolution”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"word": "djevelskap"
}
],
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]
},
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{
"english": "There were mosquitoes and all sorts of other crap everywhere.",
"text": "Det var mygg og faenskap overalt.",
"translation": "There were mosquitoes and all sorts of other crap everywhere.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "hooks and clasps and press studs and all that stuff",
"ref": "1914, Sigrid Undset, Vaaren, page 218:",
"text": "hegter og hemper og trykknapper og fanskap",
"translation": "hooks and clasps and press studs and all that stuff",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "winter had turned into Norwegian misery again",
"ref": "1989, Tove Nilsen, Chaplins hemmelighet, page 56:",
"text": "vinteren var blitt norsk faenskap igjen",
"translation": "winter had turned into Norwegian misery again",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "there were mosquitoes and other nasty stuff there",
"ref": "2022, Erlend Loe, Giæver og Iunker, page 20:",
"text": "der var det mygg og faenskap",
"translation": "there were mosquitoes and other nasty stuff there",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"ipa": "/²ˈfɑː.ənˌskɑːp/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɑ̂ː.ənˌskɑːp]"
},
{
"ipa": "/²ˈfɑːnˌskɑːp/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɑ̂ːnˌskɑːp]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːp"
}
],
"word": "faenskap"
}
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"faen#Norwegian_Bokmål"
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"definite",
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"form": "faenskapet",
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"definite",
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"definite",
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]
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
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"english": "He did it out of sheer spite.",
"text": "Han gjorde det på ren faenskap.",
"translation": "He did it out of sheer spite.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to cause trouble; to get up to mischief",
"text": "gjøre faenskap",
"translation": "to cause trouble; to get up to mischief"
},
{
"english": "to engage in mischief or troublesome behaviour",
"text": "drive med faenskap",
"translation": "to engage in mischief or troublesome behaviour"
},
{
"english": "to do something deliberately out of spite or malice",
"text": "gjøre noe på faenskap",
"translation": "to do something deliberately out of spite or malice"
},
{
"english": "to plot or devise mischief",
"text": "pønske på faenskap",
"translation": "to plot or devise mischief"
},
{
"english": "out of sheer spite or devilry; solely in order to cause trouble",
"text": "på pur faenskap",
"translation": "out of sheer spite or devilry; solely in order to cause trouble"
},
{
"english": "they smashed three brand-new cars to pieces purely out of spite",
"ref": "1988, Finn Carling, Gjensyn fra en fremtid, page 377:",
"text": "de [bulket] sønder og sammen tre flunkende nye biler bare på ren faenskap",
"translation": "they smashed three brand-new cars to pieces purely out of spite",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "purely out of mischief, he is “sent to Buskerud to preach the revolution”",
"ref": "1995, Roy Jacobsen, Trygve Bratteli, page 102:",
"text": "på pur faenskap [blir han] «sendt til Buskerud for å preke revolusjonen»",
"translation": "purely out of mischief, he is “sent to Buskerud to preach the revolution”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"devilry, wickedness, mischief; deliberately malicious, spiteful or troublesome behaviour"
],
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"devilry",
"devilry"
],
[
"wickedness",
"wickedness"
],
[
"mischief",
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]
],
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{
"word": "djevelskap"
}
],
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]
},
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"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There were mosquitoes and all sorts of other crap everywhere.",
"text": "Det var mygg og faenskap overalt.",
"translation": "There were mosquitoes and all sorts of other crap everywhere.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "hooks and clasps and press studs and all that stuff",
"ref": "1914, Sigrid Undset, Vaaren, page 218:",
"text": "hegter og hemper og trykknapper og fanskap",
"translation": "hooks and clasps and press studs and all that stuff",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "winter had turned into Norwegian misery again",
"ref": "1989, Tove Nilsen, Chaplins hemmelighet, page 56:",
"text": "vinteren var blitt norsk faenskap igjen",
"translation": "winter had turned into Norwegian misery again",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "there were mosquitoes and other nasty stuff there",
"ref": "2022, Erlend Loe, Giæver og Iunker, page 20:",
"text": "der var det mygg og faenskap",
"translation": "there were mosquitoes and other nasty stuff there",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"shit",
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"tags": [
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²ˈfɑː.ənˌskɑːp/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɑ̂ː.ənˌskɑːp]"
},
{
"ipa": "/²ˈfɑːnˌskɑːp/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfɑ̂ːnˌskɑːp]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːp"
}
],
"word": "faenskap"
}
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