[bad language???]

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From: Flowergirl
Date: 12/01/2007-19:00

Could you please help translate the following phrase from Norwegian:

"Faen. Fløtt deg."

Is it bad language???

Hello,

That is indeed bad language.. Translated into English that would be something
like:

"Get the f**k out of my way"

"Faen" beeing the bad word like "f**k" or "shit" in English and "fløtt" beeing
Norwegian slang for "move", and "deg" meaning "you" in English.

If someone sayd this to you I'd say they're obviously upset and wants you out of
their way.

Hello,

Yes, this is bad language and it means: "Damned, gå away or move your self".

Sincerly,

Stéphanie.

Guest, Stephanie
Thank you very much!!! 
it is something one biathlete said to another when the latter wouldn`t let the
former pass him on the track :)))

I would think, however, that "Damn" is not such bad language, and that is how
`faen` is translated here, in Tritrans.net dictionary.

As has already been said, "faen" is rude, and in English it would be "damn!" or
"f#%k!", on the other hand "damn!" isn't always rude in English (although the
local vicar would say otherwise :) ) and likewise you could translate "damn!" to
"pokker!", which is not as rude as "faen!", or "filler'n!" which is not rude at
all. For the sake of nitpicking, it's a question of how strongly you would put
it. No child would ever be corrected for saying "filler'n!", but it would sound
almost absurd if you said that after sawing off your thumb.

tilfeldig innom
Thanx! though I barely know Norwegian, I`m likely to become an expert in
Norwegian bad language ;D

Actually, most Norwegian on-line newspapers consider, for example, the word
"jaevlig" rather rude and write it like "j...g"! But as they didn`t censor the
word "Faen", I thought it was not really so rude...

This norwegian guy told me 'glad i deg' what is that supposed to mean

He said that he likes you. Norwegians do not say that so often so it is a good
thing.