dra åt helvete

Swedish

Etymology

dra (“go”) +‎ åt (“to(wards)”) +‎ helvete (“hell”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk dra til helvete and Danish gå ad helvede til.

Verb

dra åt helvete (present drar åt helvete, preterite drog åt helvete, supine dragit åt helvete, imperative dra åt helvete)

1. (idiomatic, usually in the infinitive or imperative) to fuck off (leave)

   Synonyms: (milder) dra åt skogen, (milder) dra dit pepparn växer

   Han kan dra åt helvete

   He can fuck off / go to hell

   Dra åt helvete!

   Fuck off / Go to hell!

Interjection

dra åt helvete

1. (idiomatic, offensive) fuck off, go to hell

Usage notes

• Can be both a request to leave and a generic invective.
• The preposition åt might reflect older/dialectal usage and mean "to." The usual meaning is "towards."

See also

• gå åt helvete

References

• helvete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• helvete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• helvete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)