ansans

Icelandic

Etymology

Minced oath, a clipping of andskotans (“bloody, fucking”) as in ansi.

Interjection

ansans

  1. dang it!, shoot! (very mild curse word)
    Ansans, ég hlýt að hafa gleymt lyklunum. ― Oh shoot, I must have forgotten my keys.

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Adjective

ansans (indeclinable)

  1. darn (very mild curse word)
    Ansans vesen. ― What a darn inconvenience.

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