igitt

Meaning

an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, phew!, ugh!

Concepts

yuck

yuk

ugh

ew

Synonyms

pfui

bäh

eckelig

Translations

beurk

guácala

puaj

bah

يَع

eca

fuchi

ıy

che schifo

μπλιαχ

ίου

credo

μπλιάχ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iˈɡɪt/

Etymology

19th century, of northern German origin. Probably a minced oath/veiled use of a phrase like o Gott (“oh God!”), compare oh God. Or, an extended form of (the presumably imitative) ih (“ew, yuck; sound of disgust”), possibly influenced by the former.