hemmetti

Finnish

Etymology

Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). Possibly inspired by dialectal himmerkki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhemːetːi/, [ˈhe̞mːe̞t̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -emːetːi
• Syllabification^(key): hem‧met‧ti

Interjection

hemmetti

1. (minced oath) dammit, darn, blimey

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto

Derived terms

• hemmetisti

 

compounds

• hemmetinmoinen

 

Further reading

• “hemmetti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02