fucking
noun
Simple meaning
A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fuhkingSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfʌkɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
Used this way, fucking is a rare word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. Most speakers understand it but seldom reach for it.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Rare
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Uncommon in everyday speech
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
Share your sentence
Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Use This Word
See how this word sounds in a real sentence.
Ask Vocabaura
Understand the word your way.
What Does It Mean Here?
Words can change meaning depending on context.
Use it yourself
Knowing “fucking” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.
Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.