Fucking
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Austrian German Fucking. The association with the unrelated vulgar term fucking led to a name change in 2020.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʌkɪŋ/, /ˈfʌkɪn/
- Rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʊkɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ
Proper noun
Fucking
- A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
Further reading
- Fugging, Upper Austria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
From Focko (the founder's name) + -ing (denoting a people's membership; belonging to).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʊkɪŋ/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Fucking n (proper noun, genitive Fuckings or (optionally with an article) Fucking)
- Fucking (former name of a village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, now called Fugging)
Declension
Declension of Fucking [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Further reading
- Fugging (Gemeinde Tarsdorf) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de