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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

verflucht

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈflʊxt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fucking/ˈfʌk.ɪŋ/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das ist ein verfluchtes Problem."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Used as an intensifier to express extreme annoyance, anger, or emphasis.

    "I cannot stand this effing traffic anymore."
As adverb
  1. 1

    Used to intensify an adjacent adjective or adverb to a high degree.

    "The weather today is effing freezing."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the taboo verb 'fuck', which dates back to late Middle English or early Modern English times (circa 1500), with Germanic roots. The participial adjective and intensifier form 'fucking' (and its minced variant 'effing') emerged strongly in modern vernacular as an intensifier expressing extreme emphasis or frustration.

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