OriginAlternative form of bödel (“executioner”), turned into a euphemism for djävul (“devil”).
- common-gender, dated, euphemisticdevil
“för bövelen!” — goddamnit ("for the Devil")!
“för tusen bövlar!” — goddamnit ("for a thousand devils")!
- common-gender, obsoletean executioner
Formsbövel(indefinite, nominative, singular) · bövels(genitive, indefinite, singular) · bövelen(definite, nominative, singular) · bövelens(definite, genitive, singular) · bövlar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · bövlars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · bövlarna(definite, nominative, plural) · bövlarnas(definite, genitive, plural) · böveln(definite, nominative, singular) · bövelns(definite, genitive, singular)
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