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/
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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
Further reading
Fugging (Gemeinde Tarsdorf) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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