goddamn

See also: Goddamn, god damn, and God damn

English

Alternative forms

• god damn, goddam, God damn, Goddamn
• goddamned, goddammit, goddamnit

Etymology

From God +‎ damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).

Pronunciation

• (interjection) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɒdˈdæm/
• (intensifier) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒd.dæm/, /ˈɡɒdæm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• (interjection) Rhymes: -æm

Interjection

goddamn

1. (vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

   Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
   Person B: Goddamn!

   Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
   Person B: God damn him!

Synonyms

• godsdamn (polytheistic)

Descendants

• → Japanese: ガッデム, ゴッデム
• → Kankanaey: gaddimet

Translations

an expression of anger, surprise, or frustration

• Arabic: اللَعْنَة (al-laʕna)
• Bulgarian: проклятие! (bg) (prokljatie!)
• Catalan: me cago en Déu!, me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu!
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 他媽的／他妈的 (zh) (tāmāde), 該死／该死 (zh) (gāisǐ), 糟糕 (zh) (zāogāo)

• Danish: for fanden, satans (da), for helvede, fuck (da)
• Dutch: verdomme! (nl), godverdomme! (nl)
• Estonian: kurat! (et), pärgel!
• Finnish: perkele! (fi), saatana! (fi), jumalauta! (fi)
• French: diable! (fr), merde! (fr), bon Dieu de merde!, nom de Dieu! (fr)
• German: verdammt noch mal, gottverdammt (de)
• Hungarian: a francba, a fenébe (hu), a jó életbe, az istenit, a franc essen bele, a rohadt életbe, a szentségit
• Indonesian: sialan! (id), brengsek! (id), setan! (id), iblis! (id), jahanam! (id), keparat! (id), kurang ajar! (id)
• Italian: porco Dio!, porcodio! m, merda! (it), cazzo! (it), minchia! (it), dannazione! (it), maledetto! (it), diavolo! (it)
• Japanese: しまった (shimatta), 畜生 (ja) (ちくしょう, chikushō)
• Korean: 아뿔싸 (ko) (appulssa)
• Malay: tak guna! (ms) (less vulgar); sial! (ms), jahanam! (more vulgar)
• Northern Sami: beargalat!, sáhtán!
• Polish: cholera! (pl), na litość boską (pl), niech to szlag! (pl)
• Portuguese: caramba! (pt), droga! (pt)
• Romanian: dar-ar dracii!
• Russian: (lit. devil take (it)) чёрт возьми́! (čort vozʹmí!), чёрт побери́! (čort poberí!); прокля́тье! (ru) (prokljátʹje!), чёрт (ru) (čort), зара́за! (ru) (zaráza!), блядь (ru) (bljadʹ) (vulgar, more common)
• Spanish: ¡hostia! (es) f, ¡me cago en Dios! (es), ¡joder! (es), ¡su puta madre!, rediós (es)
• Swedish: djävlar! (sv), satan! (sv), fan! (sv)
• Turkish: kahretsin!, lanet olsun!
• Udmurt: шайтан! (šajtan!), албасты! (albasty!)

See also

• God love (someone or something) (antonymous force; likewise interjectory although not quite a full-fledged interjection by all tests formally defining parts of speech)

 

Adjective

goddamn (not comparable)

1. (derogatory) Damned by God.
2. (vulgar, sometimes offensive) Used as an intensifier.

   Where's the goddamn cartridge?

   You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!

   • 2019 July 26, Charles P. Pierce, “Congress Should Not Go on Vacation for Six Goddamn Weeks”, in Esquire‎^[1]:

     I know this may seem a bit out of the box, but isn't this a particularly lousy time in history for the Congress to go on vacation for six goddamn weeks.

Synonyms

• godsdamn (polytheistic, fantasy)
• goddamned
• gorram, dadgum, goldarn
• goshdarn (euphemistic)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:damned

Translations

intensifier

• Arabic: مَلْعُون m (malʕūn)
• Bulgarian: пуст (bg) (pust), проклет (bg) (proklet)
• Danish: satans (da), helvedes
• Dutch: verdomd (nl), vervloekt (nl)
• Erzya: сюдозь-азозь (śudoź-azoź)
• Estonian: kuradima
• Finnish: perkeleen, saatanan, helvetin (fi)
• French: en diable (fr), sacré (fr), foutu (fr), putain de (fr)
• German: verdammt (de), gottverdammt (de), verflucht (de), höllisch (de)
• Greenlandic: -palaarsuaq
• Hungarian: átkozott (hu), rohadt (hu), istenverte (hu), kibaszott (hu), kurva (hu)
• Indonesian: laknat (id), jahanam (id), keparat (id), brengsek (id), sialan (id)
• Malay: sial (ms), jahanam
• Northern Sami: helveha
• Polish: cholera (pl), do diaska (pl), do diabła (pl), kurka (pl)
• Portuguese: maldito (pt) m, amaldiçoado (pt) m, do caramba (intensifier), o raio do
• Romanian: blestemat (ro) m, blestemată f
• Russian: (damned) прокля́тый (ru) (prokljátyj), про́клятый (ru) (prókljatyj), чёртов (ru) (čórtov) (devil's), ебаный (ru) (jebanyj) (vulgar), блядь (ru) (bljadʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: prokleti (sh) m
• Spanish: puto (es)
• Swedish: jävla (sv), satans (sv), helvetes (sv)
• Ukrainian: блядь (uk) (bljadʹ)

Noun

goddamn (plural goddamns)

1. (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.

   I don't give a goddamn.

2. Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”)
   • 2009, Shane K. Bernard, The Cajuns: Americanization of a People, page 72:

     The goddamns (British soldiers) are coming / To steal your children. / Awaken! Awaken! / Acadian men / To save our heritage.

Derived terms

• give a goddamn
• give a good goddamn