hemmetti
Finnish
editEtymology
editMinced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). Possibly inspired by dialectal himmerkki.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
edithemmetti
- (minced oath) dammit, darn, blimey
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto
Derived terms
editcompounds
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