som bara den

Swedish

Alternative forms

• av bara den
• utav bara den

Etymology

Perhaps originally in the sense of "as only it [is/does/etc.]" and then taken as and generalized to a generic intensifier.

Adverb

som bara den (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) extremely, crazy, (except not even slightly vulgar) as hell

   Björnen var stor som bara den!

   The bear was crazy big!

   springa snabbt som bara den

   run crazy fast

2. (colloquial) with great intensity, like crazy

   Vi rodde som bara den för att komma bort från sjöodjuret

   We rowed like crazy to get away from the lake monster

See also

• som fan
• tok-

References

• som in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)