ful fisk

Swedish

Etymology

ful (“ugly”) +‎ fisk (“fish”)

Noun

ful fisk c

1. (idiomatic) a criminal or deceitful person

   Han är en riktigt ful fisk

   He's a real scoundrel

   I de lugnaste vatten simmar de fulaste fiskarna

   In the calmest waters swim the ugliest fish (proverb referring to bad people turning up in unexpected places, sometimes shortened to "I de lugnaste vatten")

Declension

Declension of ful fisk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ful fisk	ful fisks
	definite	fula fisken	fula fiskens
plural	indefinite	fula fiskar	fula fiskars
	definite	fula fiskarna	fula fiskarnas

See also

• fina fisken
• ful gubbe

References

• fisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)