onda ögat
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
onda (“evil (definite)”) + ögat (“the eye”)
Noun[edit]
- the evil eye
Usage notes[edit]
Usually as "ge någon onda ögat" (give someone the evil eye) and "få onda ögat av något" (get the evil eye from someone), where it is treated as a proper noun in the sense that "det onda ögat" would be expected grammatically.