godverdomme

Dutch

Etymology

Univerbation of God + verdomme. Literally meaning “God dammit, may God damn”. The -me is not the pronoun me, but represents the dated subjunctive suffix -e (preceded by a second -m- to mark the penultimate syllable as closed and the pronunciation of its vowel as short).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣɔt.fərˈdɔ.mə/, /ˌɣɔt.fɛrˈdɔ.mə/

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• Hyphenation: god‧ver‧dom‧me

Interjection

godverdomme

1. (vulgar, potentially offensive) Goddamn!
2. (vulgar, potentially offensive) fuck!

Usage notes

• Offensive to devout Christians, for uttering God's name in vain.
• A very common imprecation with an elaborate variety of minced variants (such as gedverdemme) and intensified, dysphemistic derivations (such as godverdetyfus).

Derived terms

• gadverdamme
• gedverdemme
• gedverderrie
• godver, potver
• godverdekanker
• godverdetyfus
• godverdorie, potverdorie
• verdomme

 

Related terms

• nondeju
• godverkanker (highly offensive)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: hotperdom
• → Walloon: godferdom