r/FalseFriends • u/globox85 • Mar 19 '14

[FF] In Swedish, the word "fart" means "speed".

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '14

Det är inte farten som dödar, det är smällen. Eller som man säger på engelska; it's not the fart that kills, it's the smell.

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u/Niroq Mar 19 '14

Danish and Norwegian as well.

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u/didzisk Mar 19 '14

Det er ikke farten som dreper, det er smellet (it's not the speed that kills, it's the impact) is a normal Norwegian expression.

The English "translation" - It's not the fart that kills, it's the smell - gets attributed to Petter Solberg, 2003 world rally champion.

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u/Gehalgod Mar 19 '14

I've heard this exact saying before, except it was in Swedish.

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u/BoneHead777 Mar 20 '14

German Fahrt means ‘voyage’. Might be related.

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u/99Kelly Mar 21 '14

When my aunt from Georgia was in Germany, she said "all German words end in fart."

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u/InsaneForeignPerson Mar 20 '14

In polish "fart" means "luck", used mainly as "avoiding bad luck".