kuk 🔊

Usage examples

• Håll din kuk i byxorna.
  Keep your cock in your pants.
• Din jävla kuksuger.
  You fucking cocksucker.
• Vilket kukhuvud.
  What a dickhead.

Etymology

Swedish "kuk" shares its root with other Scandinavian cognates — Norwegian "kukk," Danish forms, and more distantly English "cock" — all descending from a Proto-Germanic root associated with a pointed or projecting shape. The word has been documented in Swedish vernacular writing since at least the 17th century. In Modern Swedish "kuk" is purely anatomical/vulgar with no surviving neutral meaning.

Cultural notes

"Kuk" is the primary Swedish vulgar term for the penis and is considered strongly obscene in formal settings. However, like many Scandinavian profanities, it is used with relative frequency in casual speech and is a staple of Swedish comedy, rap, and internet slang. Compound forms like "kukhuvud" (dickhead) and "kuksuger" (cocksucker) are common insults. The word is instantly recognizable to speakers of other Scandinavian languages.

Same meaning, other languages