# faen
## Asturian
### Verb

faen
* third-person plural present indicative of faer

## Bislama
### Etymology

From English fine.

### Noun

faen
* A fine
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## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* fanden (juxtaposed form)
* fan

### Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden, Icelandic fjandi, Faroese fanin and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɑːən]

### Noun

faen m
* the Devil, Satan
* (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, jeg synes synd på deg.Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er en sleip faen.You’re a cunning devil.
    Hvordan skal en fattig faen overleve her?How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

#### Synonyms

* (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
* (devil, bastard): stakkar

### Interjection

faen
* damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!Fuck!, Oh, shit!
    Faen ta deg!Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikke faen!Hell no!

#### Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

#### Synonyms

* helvete, pokker, søren

#### Derived terms

* bry seg faen om noe
* faens
* faenskap
* gi faen
* som bare faen
* være full av faen

### References

* “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* fan (juxtaposed form)
* fanden

### Etymology

Contraction of fanden (“the Devil”), from late Old Norse fendinn, perhaps from Frisian with the original meaning "the tempter, he who tempts". Compare Old Norse fjándinn (“the enemy”), definite of fjándi (“enemy, foe, devil”). Cognate with Danish fanden and Swedish fan. See also djevel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɑːən]

### Noun

faen m
* the Devil, Satan
* (about persons) devil, bastard
    Stakkars faen, eg føler med deg.Poor devil, I pity you.
    Du er ein sleip faen.You’re a cunning devil.
    Korleis skal ein fattig faen overleve her?How is a poor bastard supposed to survive here?

#### Synonyms

* (The Devil, Satan): fanden, den vonde, Gamle-Erik, hinmannen, djevelen, satan/Satan
* (devil, bastard): stakkar

### Interjection

faen
* damn, shit, hell, fuck
    Fy faen!Fuck!
    Faen ta deg!Fuck you!, Damn you! (literally, May the devil take you!)
    Det var som faen!I’ll be damned!, Bloody hell!
    Ikkje faen!Hell no!
    Kva faen som skjer her?!What the hell happens here?!

#### Usage notes

Note that when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred.

#### Synonyms

* farsken
* dæsken, dæven
* fillern, fyttikatta, fyttirakkern
* pokker, søren

#### Derived terms

* bry seg faen om
* faen heller
* faen steikje
* faen ta
* faens
* faenskap
* fy faen
* gje faen
* som berre faen
* vera full av faen
* visst faen

### References

* “faen” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “faen” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Further reading

* FAEN! (Lasse Gjertsen about the word faen at YouTube)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /vaːɨ̯n/
* (South Wales) IPA: /vai̯n/

### Noun

faen
* Soft mutation of maen.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /fan˨˦/
* Tone numbers: faen$^1$
* Hyphenation: faen

### Etymology 1

From Chinese 分 (MC pjun).

#### Verb

faen (Sawndip form 𰂐, 1957–1982 spelling fən)
* to divide; to split up
* to assign; to allot
* to distinguish; to differentiate

#### Noun

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)
* grade; mark; score; point

#### Classifier

faen (1957–1982 spelling fən)
* fen; cent; penny
* minute (unit of time)
* minute (unit of angle)
* a unit of length equivalent to 3+$^1$⁄$_3$ mm
* a unit of area equivalent to 66+$^2$⁄$_3$ square metres
* a unit of weight equivalent to $^1$⁄$_2$ gram
* a rate of interest, calculated as $^1$⁄$_{10}$ of the capital for annual interest or $^1$⁄$_{100}$ of the capital for monthly interest

### Etymology 2

Compare Bouyei wanl, Shan ၽၼ်း (phán), Sui vanl, Proto-Be *vənᴬ², Proto-Hlai *fjən.

#### Noun

faen (Sawndip forms 𥸹 or 魂 or 粉 or 𮂹 or 斈 or 粒, 1957–1982 spelling fən)
* seed
    Synonyms: ceh, (dialectal) faenz, (dialectal) vaen, (dialectal) hoen