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хрен

fairly common #2555C1
nounmasculineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    horseradish

    Я люблю́ мя́со с хре́ном.

    I like meat with horseradish.

  • 2.

    dick, prick

    Убери́ свой хрен!

    Put your dick away!

    Coarse; a milder stand-in for хуй.

  • 3.

    damn thing, shit, squat

    Я ни хре́на не понима́ю.

    I don't understand a damn thing.

    Coarse; mostly in fixed phrases such as ни хрена, хрен с ним, на хрена.

Usage info

When the meaning is shit, the stress of the genitive form shifts to the end: хрена́
Example: в магазине нет ни хрена́

Examples

Declension

This noun exists in singular form only.

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

хре́н

Gen.Genitive

хре́на

Dat.Dative

хре́ну

Acc.Accusative

хре́н

Inst.Instrumental

хре́ном

Prep.Prepositional

хре́не

Word familyхренPRO

  • хренhorseradish; dick; damn thing
    nounmasculine
  • хрено́выйlousy; horseradish (attributive)
    adjective

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 3 days ago.
  • Iron edited translation 3 days ago.
  • Wade edited usage info 4 months ago.
  • vern.martin.2 edited declension and usage info 1 year ago.