Comments on: Funny Expressions and Idioms in Norwegian /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/ All Things Norway, In English Sun, 01 Sep 2024 10:00:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Diane /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1015956 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:34:55 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1015956 In reply to silversecateurs.

That is the way my grandmother always used Uff da too.

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By: HablaKongolese /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1003989 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:44:43 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1003989 In reply to Terry.

Uff da = Ouch, oh no, oh dear.
Usually when something happens, a small accident, or someone falling down or hurting themselves, or if a story about someone falling down and hurting themselves or had a negative experienced was heard.

Fy da = Similar to Uff da, but it has a stronger context. It is used when something caused disgust, or if someone did something bad (usually a kid), or if a story was heard, in which something really unfair happened to someone. “Fy” is normally used for something that qualifies for punishment or disgust, it can be yourself, a child, or someone who caused an unfavorable outcome to someone else.

Isj da = “ugh…..bleh” or “Yuck” type of expression, it is in the similar realm, but it would normally refer to something dirty, because “isj” basically means “Yuck”.
However, you can use it in a mild context with a child, for example if they got very dirty from playing etc. You would follow up with “probably need to clean yourself, change clothes and/or stop doing that”.
“Isj” can sometimes be used by younger people, but then used more in the context of “No way”, or simply out of disgust, as teens often reject most things. 🙂

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By: HablaKongolese /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1003988 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:33:35 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1003988 In reply to Mary.

What happens over there in the Norwegian belt to make people complain all the time? 😀

tullabuke = tullebukk
Means silly goat/stupid goat (literal translation).
Basically a person who is either full of cr*ap and talking about things they know nothing about, or someone who is incessantly horsing around. (can be a kid or a grown up, but it is usually soft on children while pretty derogatory when used about grown ups).

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By: HablaKongolese /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1003987 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:30:21 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1003987 In reply to Ole Haakon.

Fjomp means something similar to Tullebukk.

🙂

Basically it is a soft way of calling sometime silly if they do silly stuff. You can use it in a derogatory way, by using the same expression when talking about someone over 50+ too.

Tompa, possibly “Stompen/Stumpen”, meaning butt (literally), it is not very commonly used, but I have yeard some people refer to their children as “lille stumpen min”, meaning “my tiny butt”.
Some women use it to make a funny flirt with their man (normally not used the other way around, it will not fit well on grown women for some reason)

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By: Mary /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1003069 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:37:13 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1003069 My Norwegian mom always used uffda, ishda and tullabuke.

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By: Hans Monsen /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1002097 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:49:49 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1002097 In reply to Christine S..

Gann – or Ganne has in old lap traditions to cast a bad spell on someone – use magic in a bad way. Mostly used in northern Norway – bnaturally since that is where most laps lived. The shamans – or seidmenn – could do that, but others too.

It could also be a small mispronounciation of gagn – to do something useful – like gain. yWith an u infront, it becomes mischieves – ugagn.

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By: Hans Monsen /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-1002096 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:40:39 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-1002096 In reply to J.A. Malecha.

Meaning something like Oh dear – when something is nok OK

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By: Mai Britt /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-994578 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:16:54 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-994578 In reply to Christine S..

This is spelled in Danish, Norwegian writing before 1900. I think the word is actually ugagn misspelled, meaning “to do mischief” .

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By: J.A. Malecha /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-994559 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:48:49 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-994559 In reply to David Nikel.

I heard “Uffa meg” among friends & family in the Toten area of Norway

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By: Ragnar /funny-expressions-and-idioms-in-norwegian/#comment-991361 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:52:00 +0000 /?p=7830#comment-991361 In reply to Yaran Gu.

Wrong, it`s not eggs, it`s porrage. I`ve done and heard this since I was old enough to ski. One bowl of porridge, in the middle of it you make a hole and fill it with butter. The middle of the butter eye, the sweetest place in the porridge. the best place.

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