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svin

Pronunciation: /sviːn/

“svin” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hog, pig, swine (member of the family Suidae)
  2. asshole, swine (contemptible jerk)

Etymology

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sū-.

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