i granskauen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

i (“in”) +‎ gran (“spuce”) +‎ skauen (“the forest”), literally in the spuce forest.

Adverb

i granskauen (comparative i granskauen)

  1. (idiomatic) the hell (after an interrogative term)
    Akebrettet sklei som i granskauen nedover vegen, så det var ikkje lett å styre kursen.
    The toboggan slid like the hell down the road, so it wasn't easy to control the course.
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