Dec 16

Knull and Knulla are Dirty Words in Swedish

Tag: Random Facts — Darren Barefoot @ 10:41 am

I just read this on the talk page for Knol on Wikipedia, and a quick Google search confirmed it. The terms (masculine and feminine, I assume) both mean, well, ‘fuck’. Here, for example, is a Swedish version of a certain notorious Tenacious D song.

From a Swedish-English dictionary:

knullar [²kn’ul:ar] knullade knullat knulla(!)
ha samlag (may be taken as offensive)

English translation: fuck

‘Knulla Handen’ is a related term, for masturbation. I leave you to parse that one yourself. There’s no word on how to pronounce ‘knol’ yet, I can’t say how close the words sounds to each other.

3 Responses to “Knull and Knulla are Dirty Words in Swedish”

  1. Sven Holmström says:
    February 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    I have to correct you lacking Swedish knowledge.

    ‘Knulla’ is a verb and can quite directly be translated as ‘to fuck’. ‘Knull’ is a noun and which translates directly to ‘[a] fuck’.

    While the logical pronunciation of ‘knol’ is quite different, this connection was the first thing that hit my mind when I saw the word ‘knol’.

  2. Nick says:
    March 7th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    my last name is KNULL lol

  3. roger knull says:
    May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    My last name is Knull, too!

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