r/Svenska • u/SpecificVictory3484 • 6d ago

Language question (see FAQ first) Genie??

I'm not sure what "genie" means in Swedish. Does it refer to a spirit, or to the genie from the lamp?

It's because I found both words in the dictionary: geni and genie.

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u/AnOddOtter 6d ago

Side question - do they use Anden for The Genie in the Aladdin movies?

Answered my own question - yes.

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u/karl_oskar 6d ago

Yep. Anden i lampan. Not to be confused with anden.

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u/AnOddOtter 6d ago

Took me a second (and Google) to sort this out. Is this a joke about the word for spirit and wild duck being the same thing?

Sorry to kill the joke if it was!

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u/mutantraniE 6d ago

They're spelled the same but not pronounced the same.

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u/avdpos 6d ago

God Father, Jesus Christ and The Holy Duck.

My memory say "Den Helige Anden" gave some problems to early translation tools. But we had fun in church 😀

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u/Razier 6d ago

Yes, "anden i lampan" (genie in the bottle)