faen

See also: fän

Asturian

Verb

faen

1. third-person plural present indicative of faer

Bislama

Etymology

From English fine.

Noun

faen

1. A fine
   • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎^[1], →ISBN, page 344:

     Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fanden (juxtaposed form)
• fan

Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden, Icelandic fjandi, Faroese fanin and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɑːən]

Noun

faen m

1. the Devil, Satan
2. (about persons) devil, bastard

   Stakkars faen, jeg synes synd på deg.

   Poor devil, I pity you.

   Du er en sleip faen.

   You’re a cunning devil.

   Hvordan skal en fattig faen overleve her?

   How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

• (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
• (devil, bastard): stakkar

Interjection

faen

1. damn, shit, hell, fuck

   Fy faen!

   Fuck!, Oh, shit!

   Faen ta deg!

   Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)

   Det var som faen!

   I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!

   Ikke faen!

   Hell no!

Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Synonyms

• helvete, pokker, søren

Derived terms

• bry seg faen om noe
• faens
• faenskap
• gi faen
• som bare faen
• være full av faen

 

References

• “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fan (juxtaposed form)
• fanden

Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɑːən]

Noun

faen m

1. the Devil, Satan
2. (about persons) devil, bastard

   Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.

   Poor devil, I pity you.

   Du er ein sleip faen.

   You’re a cunning devil.

   Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?

   How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

Synonyms

• (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
• (devil, bastard): stakkar

Interjection

faen

1. damn, shit, hell, fuck

   Fy faen!

   Fuck!

   Faen ta deg!

   Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)

   Det var som faen!

   I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!

   Ikkje faen!

   Hell no!

Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

Synonyms

• farsken
• dæsken, dæven
• fillern, fyttikatta, fyttirakkern
• pokker, søren

Derived terms

• bry seg faen om
• faens
• faenskap
• gi faen
• gje faen
• gjeve faen
• som berre faen
• vere full av faen

 

References

• “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Further reading

• FAEN! (Lasse Gjertsen about the word faen at YouTube)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /vaːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /vai̯n/

Noun

faen

1. Soft mutation of maen.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maen	faen	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /fan˨˦/
• Tone numbers: faen¹
• Hyphenation: faen

Etymology 1

From Chinese 分 (MC pjun).

Verb

faen (Sawndip form 𰂐, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. to divide; to split up
2. to assign; to allot
3. to distinguish; to differentiate

Noun

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. grade; mark; score; point

Classifier

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. fen; cent; penny
2. minute (unit of time)
3. minute (unit of angle)
4. a unit of length equivalent to 3+¹⁄₃ mm
5. a unit of area equivalent to 66+²⁄₃ square metres
6. a unit of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₂ gram
7. a rate of interest, calculated as ¹⁄₁₀ of the capital for annual interest or ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the capital for monthly interest

Etymology 2

Compare Bouyei wanl, Shan ၽၼ်း (phán), Sui vanl, Proto-Be *vənᴬ², Proto-Hlai *fjən.

Noun

faen (Sawndip forms 𥸹 or 魂 or 粉 or 𮂹 or 斈 or 粒, 1957–1982 spelling fən)

1. seed

   Synonyms: ceh, (dialectal) faenz, (dialectal) vaen, (dialectal) hoen