Swedish swear words
guzz (gooz)
“chick / ho / girl”
Modern Ortenspråk slang for a girl.
rövhål (ruv-hole)
“asshole”
The anus. Used to call someone a terrible person.
järnspikar (yairn-spee-kar)
“goodness gracious / holy smokes”
An extremely old euphemism/minced oath.
jävlar (yev-lar)
“damn it / holy shit”
Plural of devil (djävul). Used as a strong exclamation or an intensifier.
qahpa (قەحپە) (kah-ba)
“whore / slut”
Arabic/Kurdish word for prostitute, imported into modern Swedish street slang (Ortenspråk).
skit (sheet)
“shit”
Feces. Note the 'sk' is pronounced similar to 'sh' in English.
jävla (yev-la)
“fucking / damn”
The adjectival form of 'jävel/djävul'.
helvete (hell-veh-teh)
“hell / fuck”
Hell. Used as a strong exclamation of anger.
hora (hoo-ra)
“whore”
Prostitute. A very severe slur.
skitstövel (sheet-stuh-vel)
“bastard / jerk / asshole”
A person who acts terribly towards others.
kukhuvud (kook-hoo-vood)
“dickhead”
Someone whose head is a penis.
shuno (shoo-no)
“dude / guy / fucker”
Ortenspråk slang for a male.
knulla (nool-la)
“to fuck”
The vulgar verb for sexual intercourse. (Note: The 'k' is occasionally silent in some dialects, but usually pronounced softly: k-nool-a).
särbarn (sair-barn)
“retard / special ed kid”
A child assigned to 'särskola' (special education for intellectual disabilities).
dra åt helvete (drah oat hell-veh-teh)
“go to hell / fuck off”
To tell someone to go to Hell.
bög (beuhg)
“fag / gay”
Originally a neutral slur for a homosexual man, but often weaponized as an insult by school children.
sug min kuk (soog min kook)
“suck my dick”
A direct command to perform fellatio.
svin (sveen)
“pig / scumbag”
A pig. A person devoid of morals.