vittu
Estonian
Noun
vittu
- partitive singular of vitt
- illative singular of vitt
Interjection
vittu
- A swear word that is equivalent to fuck
- Mida vittu sa teed?
- What the fuck are you doing?
Usage notes
The word is considered a bit more vulgar than fuck.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Norse. Compare Swedish fitta and Old Norse fytta. Cognate to Estonian vitt, Ingrian vittu, and Veps vitõińe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋitːu/, [ˈʋit̪ːu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -itːu
- Syllabification(key): vit‧tu
Noun
vittu
- (vulgar) cunt, pussy
- (vulgar) An intensifier, roughly equivalent to "fucking" or "fuck".
- Vitun idiootti!
- Fucking idiot!
- Mitä vittua?
- What the fuck?
- (vulgar) A place that is not here, used in certain expressions of place; fuck, hell.
- Missä vitussa sinä olet?
- Where the hell are you?
- painua / mennä / suksia vittuun ― to fuck off
- Painu vittuun!
- Fuck off!
Usage notes
- Considered as vulgar as, if not more than, fuck in English.
- As the words kettu (“fox”), pottu (“potato”) and hattu (“hat”) rhyme with vittu, they may be used as a replacement for vittu and its derivatives to make the language more decent:
- vituttaa → hatuttaa / ketuttaa / potuttaa
- vittuilla → kettuilla / hattuilla / pottuilla
- vitutus → hatutus / ketutus / potutus.
Declension
| Inflection of vittu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vittu | vitut | |
| genitive | vitun | vittujen | |
| partitive | vittua | vittuja | |
| illative | vittuun | vittuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vittu | vitut | |
| accusative | nom. | vittu | vitut |
| gen. | vitun | ||
| genitive | vitun | vittujen | |
| partitive | vittua | vittuja | |
| inessive | vitussa | vituissa | |
| elative | vitusta | vituista | |
| illative | vittuun | vittuihin | |
| adessive | vitulla | vituilla | |
| ablative | vitulta | vituilta | |
| allative | vitulle | vituille | |
| essive | vittuna | vittuina | |
| translative | vituksi | vituiksi | |
| instructive | — | vituin | |
| abessive | vitutta | vituitta | |
| comitative | — | vittuineen | |
| Possessive forms of vittu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vittuni | vittumme |
| 2nd person | vittusi | vittunne |
| 3rd person | vittunsa | |
Synonyms
- (female genitalia, vulgar): pillu, tussu
- (female genitalia, childish): pimppi
- (female or male genitalia, neutral): sukupuolielin, häpy, emätin, alapää
Antonyms
- kyrpä (“dick”)
Derived terms
- hevonvittu → hevonvitunperse
- vittuilla → vittuilija, vittuilu
- vittumainen
- vittuuntua → vittuuntunut
- vituttaa → vitutus
Compounds
- vittunaama
- vittupää
Interjection
vittu
- (vulgar) fuck
Synonyms
- (strong expletive): perkele, saatana
- (milder alternative): hitto
Further reading
- "vittu" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams
- vitut