onda ögat

Swedish

Etymology

onda (“evil (definite)”) +‎ ögat (“the eye”)

Noun

onda ögat n

1. the evil eye

Usage notes

Usually as "ge någon onda ögat" (give someone the evil eye) and "få onda ögat av något" (get the evil eye from someone), where it is treated as a proper noun in the sense that "det onda ögat" would be expected grammatically.