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11 Mar 2017

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How to say "you are hot" in Norwegian? And in English you can't use beautiful for a man but can I use "vakker" for a man?

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Mariann98

11 Mar 2017

Norwegian (bokmal)

Well that depends if you're talking about temperature or looks. :P If its temperature; "du er varm". If not, the younger people atleast would say "du er hot", since we use a lot of english words, but i think the closest norwegian word is "deilig". Be careful about that though, cause the term is a tad more vulgar than "hot" is i would say. It's usualy fine tho.
You can use "vakker" for a man if you think he is, but I guess a lot of men would be offended, since it's usualy used as a "girly" term. The same "rules" apply for the norwegian word as the english one i guess.

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11 Mar 2017

jente: du er (så) deilig (I would never say this to a girl, they could get mad)
gutt: du er (så) kjekk (if u are a girl and say this to a boy, u will make him happy)

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uzunalovaa48

11 Mar 2017

Russian

@Mariann98 @jonernm thank you so much :) you are so helpful :)

I thought "deilig" meant "delicious"

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Mariann98

11 Mar 2017

Norwegian (bokmal)

@uzunalovaa48 it does, but it's used this way

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bollesveis

11 Mar 2017

English (US) Near fluent
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@uzunalovaa48 deilig means delicious (as in eating delicious food) and sexy
We also use it for "relaxing" (as in taking a good bath etc)

So "åh dette var deilig" (ah, this was good) could mean three different things

This might clear some things up:
You can think of it as.. Wanting to "eat" someone.. If you know what i mean 👀👀🔥

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uzunalovaa48

11 Mar 2017

Russian

@bollesveis thank you that was so informative ☺😀 so long I was looking for this word )))

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How to say "you are hot" in Norwegian? And in English you can't use beautiful for a man but can I use "vakker" for a man? See a translation

jente: du er (så) deilig (I would never say this to a girl, they could get mad)gutt: du er (så) kjekk (if u are a girl and say this to a boy, u will make him happy)

@uzunalovaa48 it does, but it's used this way

How to say "you are hot" in Norwegian? And in English you can't use beautiful for a man but can I use "vakker" for a man?

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jente: du er (så) deilig (I would never say this to a girl, they could get mad)
gutt: du er (så) kjekk (if u are a girl and say this to a boy, u will make him happy)