hemmetti
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). Possibly inspired by dialectal himmerkki.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
hemmetti
- (minced oath) dammit, darn, blimey
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “hemmetti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02