# What sayings are the equivalent of "Go F\*ck Yourself" in other languages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419 "2010-10-07T22:38:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/21 "2010-10-08T09:35:08Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > In German, the most popular would be “Verpiss’ Dich” (piss off), or “Verpissen Sie sich” if you aren’t on first-name terms. I like (and have often heard) “Fick dich in’s Knie” (fuck yourself _in the knee_) and “Leck’ mich am Arsch” (lick my ass). The Bavarians even improve on that by saying “Leck’ mich am Arsch … Kreuzweise” (lick my ass … both ways). In Portuguese you would say “vai te fuder” (go fuck yourself) or “vai pra casa do caralho” or “vai pro caralho” (go to the house of the penis, go to the penis). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/22 "2010-10-08T09:37:31Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > In German, the most popular would be “Verpiss’ Dich” (piss off), or “Verpissen Sie sich” if you aren’t on first-name terms. There’s also “Fick dich” (Fuck yourself) or the more absurd “Fick dich ins Knie” (Fuck your knee). Btw, if you’re on that level of obscenity, you hardly use the formal “Sie”, that’s why “Verpissen Sie sich” or “Ficken Sie sich” sound uncommon and even funny to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/23 "2010-10-08T09:41:48Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > … “Verpissen Sie sich” if you aren’t on first-name terms. Even when cursing Germans remain polite. Reminds me of what Joschka Fischer once said in the Bundestag (german parliament): “Mit Verlaub Herr Präsident, Sie sind ein Arschloch” Translation: “With your permission, Mr. President, you are an asshole”; with the “you” being the formal “Sie” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/24 "2010-10-08T09:54:19Z")
> [@Mycroft\_Holmes](#): > > > [@Mops](#): > > > > … “Verpissen Sie sich” if you aren’t on first-name terms. > > Even when cursing Germans remain polite. Reminds me of what Joschka Fischer once said in the Bundestag (german parliament): “Mit Verlaub Herr Präsident, Sie sind ein Arschloch” > > Translation: “With your permission, Mr. President, you are an asshole”; with the “you” being the formal “Sie” Funny that you mention that, I was thinking about that incident when posting above. There’s a kind of special subversion in offending somenone in such rude terms and staying formal at the same time in German that’s hard to explain to a non-German speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/25 "2010-10-08T10:10:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In Korean, it’s the equivalent of “Sheebol!” In Vietnamese, it’s “do mami”. [Here](http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Korean) is an interesting site with Korean swear words. And, on the same site, its [Vietnamese page](http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Vietnamese). I believe you’re trying to recall _dit me_. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/26 "2010-10-08T10:13:09Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Mycroft\_Holmes](#): > > > > Even when cursing Germans remain polite. Reminds me of what Joschka Fischer once said in the Bundestag (german parliament): “Mit Verlaub Herr Präsident, Sie sind ein Arschloch” > > > > Translation: “With your permission, Mr. President, you are an asshole”; with the “you” being the formal “Sie” > > Funny that you mention that, I was thinking about that incident when posting above. There’s a kind of special subversion in offending somenone in such rude terms and staying formal at the same time in German that’s hard to explain to a non-German speaker. Bless thine heart? Using formal address when insulting or berating someone is an additional level of injury in Spanish as well, but the immense majority of the time you see it between parents and children or teachers and students. “Miguel Ángel, deja de hacer el idiota si puedes” (MA, stop acting like a fool if you can) doesn’t have the extra tension of “Señor García Martínez, deje usted de comportarse somo un idiota si es capaz de semejante cosa” (Mr GM, kindly stop behaving like a fool, assuming that you’re capable of such a feat). The formal version sort of says “this isn’t anywhere near the kind of language I would like to be using. The kind of language I would like to be using might cause my grandmother to disown me, and I do not wish to cause the dear old lady pain.” ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/27 "2010-10-08T10:38:22Z")
In Norwegian I can think of a variety with somewhat the same sentiment: Drit og dra - lit. shit and go/leave, which is also the Norwegian title for Carl Hiaasen’s novel _scat_. And I only know realize that’s due to the dual meaning of scat.:smack: Dra til helvete - lit. go to hell Kyss meg i rævva - kiss my ass Commands to perform impossible autoerotic acts don’t exist in Norwegian as far as I know, and incestuous acts only as odd sounding direct translations of the English. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/28 "2010-10-08T10:59:35Z")
In Hungarian, it’s “baszd meg”. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/29 "2010-10-08T11:10:18Z")
In Dutch, there’s a saying ‘flikker toch op’ where ‘flikker’ is the local equivalent of ‘fag’. Like ‘fuck off’ it simply means ‘remove yourself’. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/30 "2010-10-08T11:51:04Z")
> [@BleizDu](#): > > There is “va niquer ta mère!” (go screw your mother!), but I don’t think it’s still much used. It’s used by the “cultural” and “intellectual” elite of France, i.e. the ethnic people in the neighbourhoods. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/31 "2010-10-08T11:58:05Z")
In Swedish we have the same as in Norwegian: Dra åt helvete Kyss mig i röven I could add Skit på dig = Go shite in your trousers Släng dig i väggen = Throw yourself against the wall ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/32 "2010-10-08T12:07:44Z")
I don’t know how to properly transliterate it, but in Lao, it’s pronounced “Cee chao!” (rhyming with “me now”) ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/33 "2010-10-08T12:30:13Z")
Another nice German one: [Leck Mich im arsch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch): [QUOTE=wikipedia] Leck mich im Arsch (literally “Lick me in the arse”) is a canon in B-flat major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. [/QUOTE] Mozart obviously had a punk period. 😃 Speaking of which, Irish band **the Pogues** took their name from the Gaelic phrase [Pogue Mahone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogue_Mahone), meaning kiss my arse. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/34 "2010-10-08T12:44:26Z")
After one week of studying Latin in high school, my 13 year old son confidently informed me that “go fuck yourself” translates to _futue te ipsum._ ---
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> [@naita](#): > > In Norwegian I can think of a variety with somewhat the same sentiment: > > Drit og dra - lit. shit and go/leave, which is also the Norwegian title for Carl Hiaasen’s novel _scat_. And I only know realize that’s due to the dual meaning of scat.:smack:] Wow, that’s kind of surprising, seeing as _Scat_ is aimed at kids. Is “drit og dra” something a kid could get away with saying? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419/36 "2010-10-08T13:26:33Z")
> [@Yossarian](#): > > After one week of studying Latin in high school, my 13 year old son confidently informed me that “go fuck yourself” translates to _futue te ipsum._ The Romans didn’t, as far as I know, have such an idiom. The strongest oath I’ve run across is _Ī in Malum_ (go to the bad place). But as you point out, the sense of the English expression can easily be calqued in Laitn: _Sēsē futūe!_ - Fuck yourself _Fac bātuēris!_ - Get fucked _Cēvē!_ - Get buttfucked! (literally, shake your ass to pleasure your sodomizer) ---
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> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > In Korean, it’s the equivalent of “Sheebol!”. > > Shi-bal is more like an exclamation: Fuck! or Shit! If you want to tell someone to go fuck themselves, you would say something like “yut-muh-guh” (go eat shit) or “kkuh-jyuh” (fuck off). I’m working off a 40-year old memory from when I was in Vietnam. The Korean workers would use the word if they were really pissed off, and I was told by one of them that it was the equivalent of “fuck you”. But I was 20 years old and may have misunderstood. ---
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> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > In Korean, it’s the equivalent of “Sheebol!” In Vietnamese, it’s “do mami”. > > [Here](http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Korean) is an interesting site with Korean swear words. > > And, on the same site, its [Vietnamese page](http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Vietnamese). I believe you’re trying to recall _dit me_. No, it was either “du mam” or “do mami”. When I first got to Vietnam, a young Vietnamese crew member thought it would be funny to tell me that the phrase meant “how are you”. When I said it to one of the older workers, he paled, then turned rather red, and then explained what it really meant. ---
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“Painu helvettiin” is go to hell in Finnish; a more forceful expression “painu vittuun” instructs the listener to direct themselves into a certain oft-referenced part of the female anatomy. (“Suksi vittuun” tells them to ski there. “Vittu” is perhaps the most often-used curse word in Finnish.) In a more “hey, fuck you man” vein, “haista paska” (smell shit) or “haista vittu”. Motherfucker literally would be “äidinnussija” or something along that vein, but like **naita** said about Norwegian, it’s not a traditionally Finnish insult. Usually we’d use something like “kusipää” (piss head) or “mulkku” (dick) or “paskiainen” (shit…person, I guess) or whatever, enforcing it with a “vitun” in front if necessary. ---
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I once expressed my anger at being drenched with beer by saying “Voi Jumalan vitu”. A cousin, who was present, said that he hadn’t heard the expression before, but he thought that it would be hard to come up with anything worse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sayings-are-the-equivalent-of-go-f-ck-yourself-in-other-languages/556419.md?page=3)