Fucking

See also: fucking and -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

1. 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)

1. Fucking (former name of a village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, now called Fugging)

Declension

Declension of Fucking [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Fucking
genitive	des	Fuckings, Fucking1
dative	dem	Fucking
accusative	das	Fucking

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• Fugging (Gemeinde Tarsdorf) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de