English
Alternative forms
Etymology Fromfuck -ing
Pronunciation
Verb fucking
present participle andgerund offuck
Noun fucking (countable anduncountable plural fuckings
( vulgar ) sexual intercourse , especially onelacking passion or a feeling ofsincere love .I got a goodfucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.
c 1674 , John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester,A Satyr on Charles II Like the French fool, that wanders up and down Starving his people, hazarding his crown. Peace is his aim, his gentleness is such, And love he loves, for he lovesfucking much. ( vulgar , figuratively ) mistreatment .I took a realfucking on the interest rate for that loan.
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Translations an act of sexual intercourse
Dutch:neuken (nl) Esperanto:fiko Finnish:pano (fi) French:baise (fr) f German:Fick (de) m Hebrew:זִיּוּן m ( ziyun ) Italian:scopata (it) f trombata (it) f fottuta (it) f chiavata (it) f Korean:빠구리 (ko) ( ppaguri ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:gan (ku) Latin:futūtiō (la) Navajo:jikʼeedgo Norwegian:knull n Pashto:غو m pl ( γo ) ,غوول ( γowǝl ) Polish:pierdolenie (pl) n jebanie (pl) n pieprzenie (pl) n bzykanie (pl) n posuwanie (pl) n ruchanie (pl) n Portuguese:transa (pt) f Romanian:futai n futere f Russian:е́бля (ru) f ( jéblja ) ,еба́ние (ru) n ( jebánije ) Scottish Gaelic:dàireadh m muineadaireachd f Sicilian:futtuta f tignata f trummata f ficcata f ncugnata f Spanish:follando (es) f jodiendo (es) f ( Mexico ) chingando (es) f ( Mexico ) cogiendo (es) f Swedish:ligg (sv) n
Adjective fucking (notcomparable )
( vulgar , attributive ) intensifier , often applying more to the wholeutterance than to thespecific word itgrammatically modifies .Synonyms: fecking freaking frigging fuckening goddamn Nofucking way.
This is afucking nightmare!
Give me thefucking key!
Open thefucking locker!
2005 Back to Bedlam :Yeah, she caught my eye, as I walked on by / She could see from my face that I wasfucking high
2006 March 6, Lauren Collins, quotingHarriet Sohmers Zwerling , “Last Bohemians”, inThe New Yorker [1] “Every time it’s shown, I get e-mail from young guys who want to get it on with me,” she said. “Which is wonderful. I’m seventy-sevenfucking
( vulgar , attributive ) Offensive ,annoying orworthless .Get yourfucking car out of the way.
2022 November 10, Adam Gabbatt, quoting Rupert Murdoch, “Has ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ taken a great fall from Rupert Murdoch’s grace?”, inThe Guardian [2] Even when Trump won, Murdoch was unconvinced, reportedly privately calling him a “fucking idiot” following one conversation about immigration.
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Translations as an intensifier
Afrikaans:fokken Assamese:কেলা ( kela ) ,বালৰ ( balor ) Belarusian:яба́ны ( jabány ) Czech:kurva (cs) f zasraný (cs) Danish:satans (da) ,helvedes Dutch:fucking (nl) ,focking fakking kanker (nl) ,kut (nl) Esperanto:fek- damna Estonian:kuradima Finnish:vitun (fi) ,perkeleen saatanan helvetin (fi) French:( Europe ) putain de (fr) ,( Canada ) ostie de ( Canada ) câlisse de German:( noun prefix ) Scheiß- (de) ,fucking (de) ,verfickt (de) Greek:γαμημένος (el) ( gamiménos ) Greenlandic:-palaarsuaq Hebrew:מזדין ( mizdayen ) Hungarian:baszott kibaszott (hu) Icelandic:helvítis Italian:fottuto (it) m cazzo di Japanese:no equivalent term in Japanese, but see Luxembourgish:houer Macedonian:е́бан ( éban ) ,е́бен m ( ében ) Northern Sami:helveha Norwegian:jævla Polish:jebany (pl) m kurewski (pl) m pierdolony (pl) m zasrany (pl) m cholerny (pl) m Portuguese:( slang, Brazil ) puta (pt) Romanian:în pula mea în pizda mă-sii în sloboz în morții mă-sii ( blasphemous ) în dumnezeii mă-sii în gâtu' mă-sii în neamu' mă-sii în futere Russian:ёбаный (ru) ( jóbanyj ) ,сра́ный (ru) ( srányj ) Sicilian:minchia (scn) di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f ( name of object ) m or f di (scn) minchia (scn) ,( name of object ) m or f dâ (scn) minchia (scn) ;spacchiu di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f spacchimi di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f Spanish:( Latin America ) maldito (es) ,( Mexico ) pinche (es) ,( Spain ) puto (es) ,jodido (es) Swedish:jävla (sv) Thai:โคตร (th) ( kôot ) ,แม่โคตร Turkish:boktan (tr) ,lanet (tr) ,kahrolasıca siktiğim siktiğimin Ukrainian:ї́баний ( jíbanyj ) Yiddish:מסוכּן ( mesukn )
offensive or worthless
Bulgarian:шибан (bg) ( šiban ) Chinese:Mandarin:死 (zh) ( sǐ ) ,破 (zh) ( pò ) Danish:please add this translation if you can Esperanto:-aĉ- (eo) ,aĉa (eo) Estonian:kuradima Finnish:vitun (fi) ,perkeleen saatanan helvetin (fi) French:putain de (fr) +( name of object ) m or f de mes couilles (fr) ,à la con (fr) maudit (fr) m maudite (fr) f ( name of object ) ( Québec ) ,foutu (fr) m foutue (fr) f ( name of object ) ,sale (fr) m or f German:( noun prefix ) Scheiß- (de) Greek:γαμημένος (el) ( gamiménos ) Hungarian:baszott kibaszott (hu) Indonesian:sialan (id) ,keparat (id) ,brengsek (id) ,bedebah (id) Italian:cazzo di dei miei coglioni Japanese:糞 (ja) ( くそ ) Macedonian:е́бан ( éban ) ,ти́бам ( tíbam ) Northern Sami:helveha Norwegian:forpult Polish:jebany (pl) m kurewski (pl) m pierdolony (pl) m Portuguese:merda de ( name of object ) m or f porra de (pt) +( name of object ) m or f maldito (pt) m ( name of object ) m maldita (pt) f ( name of object ) f Romanian:pulii (ro) ,pulii mele futut de m ( name of object ) ,futută de f ( name of object ) ,căcat de m ( name of object ) ,morților mă-sii Russian:хуёвый (ru) ( xujóvyj ) ,ёбаный (ru) ( jóbanyj ) ,сра́ный (ru) ( srányj ) Sicilian:minchia (scn) di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f ( name of object ) m or f di (scn) minchia (scn) ,( name of object ) m or f dâ (scn) minchia (scn) ;spacchiu di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f spacchimi di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f Spanish:( Latin America ) maldito (es) ,( Mexico ) pinche (es) ,( Spain ) puto (es) ,jodido (es) Swedish:jävla (sv) ,satans (sv) Thai:โคตร (th) ( kôot ) Turkish:pis (tr) ,kahrolası (tr) ,lanet olası boktan (tr) ,sikindirik (tr)
Adverb fucking (notcomparable )
( vulgar ) Really ,very ; havingintensive force, often applying to the wholesentence orclause .This isfucking ridiculous!
I can't believe hefucking stole my car!
2004 Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza,Tommy Land , page79 :You've never seen a bunch of guys morefucking shocked to lose
2010 Christopher Hitchens ,Hitch-22 , Atlantic, published2011 , page81 :A bit young to be so cynical and so superior, you may think. My reply is that you shouldfucking well have been there, and felt it for yourself.
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Translations an intensifier
Arabic:Egyptian Arabic:فشخ ( fašḫ ) Chinese:Mandarin:死 (zh) ( sǐ ) ,他媽 / 他妈 (zh) ( tāmā ) Esperanto:damne (eo) ,fek- Finnish:vittu (fi) ,vitun (fi) French:putain de (fr) Hebrew:אחושרמוטה (he) ( akhusharmúta ) Hungarian:kurvára (hu) ,kibaszottul (hu) ,rohadtul Icelandic:fokking andskotans Italian:del cazzo cazzo di Polish:kurwa (pl) Portuguese:puta (pt) ,fodendo (pt) Romanian:ca pula de futere de Russian:хуй (ru) ( xuj ) Sicilian:minchia (scn) di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f ( name of object ) m or f di (scn) minchia (scn) ,( name of object ) m or f dâ (scn) minchia (scn) ;spacchiu di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f spacchimi di (scn) +( name of object ) m or f Spanish:jodidamente (es) ,( Mexico, is used as adverb by some people even if identical to the adjective ) pinche (es) Swedish:jävla (sv) Yiddish:מסוכּן ( mesukn )
Infix fucking
( vulgar ) Alternative form of-fucking- , used when the infix is put between two words. NewFucking York.
1991 Stephen Fry , chapter 1, inThe Liar Heinemann ,→ISBN page27 :She had been, as I say, drinking all afternoon and she suddenly howled, “Ten o’clock! It’s ten o’fucking clock! Why doesn’t he come? Why in God’s name doesn’t he come?” Something along those lines.
1992 Roger Waters ,Q Magazine :[ …] fucking Lloyd Webber.
1997 Chasing Amy (motion picture), spoken by Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams):If you wanted some background information on me, Holden, all you had to do was ask. I would have gladly volunteered it. You didn't have to go playing Herculefucking Poirot!
1998 The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges):Far out, man. Farfucking out!
References Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2009 ),The F Word , 3rd edition
Danish
Etymology Borrowed fromEnglish fucking
Adjective fucking (neuter fucking
( slang , vulgar ) fucking intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance. Synonyms: fandens sørens helvedes 2013 Fucking flink , Art People,→ISBN For det er helt okay at udøve den danske nationalsport nr. 1: at brokke sig. Bare man gør det på enfucking flink måde. Guerillagartnere og guerilla-strikkere. For it is totally okay to practice the #1 Danish national sport: complaining. As long as one does it in afucking friendly manner. Guerrilla gardeners and guerrilla knitters. 2014 Gud er bare hund stavet bagfra , Art People,→ISBN Det kom fra hans far, som var enfucking bøsse. It came from his father, who was afucking homo. 2014 DU , Politikens Forlag,→ISBN "For helvede da, Karen! Fatter du ikke et vink med enfucking vognstang?" "Dammit, Karen! Can't you comprehend a clearfucking red flag?"
Adverb fucking
( slang , vulgar , intensifier) fucking Synonym: fandens
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology Borrowed fromEnglish fucking
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /ˈfʏ.kɪŋ/ ,/ˈfɑ.kɪŋ/ Hyphenation:fuc‧king
Adjective fucking (notcomparable )
( slang , vulgar ) fucking intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance Diefucking klojo laat me niet met rust. ―Thatfucking asshole won't leave me alone.
Adverb fucking
( slang , vulgar , intensifier) fucking Ik ga hier zofucking hard op. ―I enjoy this sofucking much. Die nieuwe pooierbak ziet erfucking bruut uit. ―That new pimpmobile looksfucking bad-ass. De bedrijfsleider op haar werk isfucking lelijk. ―The company chief at her work isfucking ugly.
German
Etymology Borrowed fromEnglish fucking
Adjective fucking (indeclinable no predicative form )
( slang , vulgar , intensifier) fucking Synonym: verfickt 2020 July 28, Uli Hannemann, “Die Wahrheit: Unser Dorf soll hässlicher werden”, inDie Tageszeitung: taz [3] →ISSN Dabei fragt man sich hier jetzt schon, wie man den Wohnkomfort überhaupt noch mindern kann: Jedefucking Nacht, die ein hirnverbrannter Herrgott über diesen Amüsiertodesstreifen senkt, schreien Dealer und Obdachlose, Touristen und Jungberliner unten vor dem Fenster mit den Koksern oben auf der Dachterrasse wie am Spieß um die Wette. But you already wonder how living conditions could possibly get any worse here: Everyfucking night, as a brainless Lord God descends over this amusement death strip, dealers and homeless people, tourists and young Berliners scream like mad outside the window, while the cokeheads on the rooftop terrace join in the chorus.
Romanian
Etymology Borrowed fromEnglish fucking
Adjective fucking m or f or n indeclinable )
( slang , vulgar ) fucking Îs prea frustrat cu acestfucking puzzle pe care încerc să-l rezolv că lucrez la el de ore întregi și nu mai reușesc! I'm too frustrated with thisfucking puzzle I'm trying to solve, I've been working on it for hours and I just can't seem to figure it out!
Usage notes Commonly used among younger generations.
Declension Declension offucking (invariable) singular plural masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine nominative- indefinite fucking fucking fucking fucking definite — — — — genitive- indefinite fucking fucking fucking fucking definite — — — —
Adverb fucking
( slang , vulgar ) fucking îifucking obosit după o săptămână de muncă. He'sfucking tired after a week of work. A vrut să sefucking drogheze dar a fost prins și după pedepsit. He wanted to takefucking drugs but he got caught and later punished.
Usage notes Commonly used among younger generations.
Swedish
Etymology Borrowed fromEnglish fucking
Adjective fucking (notcomparable )
( slang , vulgar ) fucking intensifier, especially to indicate annoyance Synonyms: jävla helvetes förbannad Asså de därfucking råttorna ska dö! ―Ah, thosefucking rats will die!
Usage notes Chiefly used by younger speakers.
Declension No inflected forms.
Adverb fucking comparative mer fuckingsuperlative mest fucking
( slang , vulgar ) fucking intensifier Synonym: jävla Han är såfucking jobbig, mammas död jag vill slakta han! ―He's sofucking annoying, I swear on my mother I want to kill him!
Usage notes Chiefly used by younger speakers.
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