i granskauen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

i (“in”) +‎ gran (“spuce”) +‎ skauen (“the forest”), literally in the spuce forest.

Adverb

i granskauen (comparative i granskauen)

1. (idiomatic) the hell (after an interrogative term)

   Akebrettet sklei som i granskauen nedover vegen, så det var ikkje lett å styre kursen.

   The toboggan slid like the hell down the road, so it wasn't easy to control the course.