vafan

Swedish

Etymology

Contraction of vad fan, with va being a reduced form of vad (“what”), and fan being a curse word originally meaning the Devil.

Interjection

vafan

1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) what the hell, what the fuck

   Vafan göru?

   What the fuck are you doing?

   Jag fråga vafan d va men han svara nt.

   I asked what the fuck it was but he didn't answer.

See also

• vad fan