Ingen vil innrømme hvem som fiser backstage
B1 Norwegian listening practice · Norwegian · Curated for intermediate learners
What does “vedkjenne seg” mean in Norwegian?
Vedkjenne seg is a Norwegian reflexive verb meaning “to acknowledge as one’s own” or “to own up to.” Norwegians use it for serious things (a child, a debt, a public statement) and for absurd ones. The verb has a slightly legal, formal weight, which makes it funny when applied to small everyday confessions. The construction is vedkjenne + the reflexive seg (oneself).
In this clip, three men sit backstage. One has farted, but no one will vedkjenne seg the fart. The comedy is built on applying this earnest, contract-shaped verb to flatulence. The line “hører ikke alle som fiser si: Det var meg” (“doesn’t everyone who farts say 'It was me'?”) drives the joke home. Norwegian humor loves this kind of register clash.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Norwegian stand-up specials (Dag Sørås, Else Kåss Furuseth)
- ▸In Norwegian sitcoms about workplace and band life (Match, Norsemen)
- ▸In Norwegian legal and courtroom news (NRK, VG)
- ▸In Norwegian podcasts about everyday absurdity (Friminutt, Tusvik & Tønne)
- ▸In Norwegian YouTube prank channels and backstage tour content