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Verdammt nochmal!
fair-DAMT NOCH-mahl · /fɛɐ̯ˈdamt ˈnɔx.maːl/
God damn it! / For crying out loud!
2/5 Bar-safe
coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances
Literally
"Damned once again"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
"Verdammt" with a foot-stamp on the end — the "-nochmal" ("once more") turns a curse into an exasperated sigh. This is the sound of a German losing patience with a jammed printer. Interchangeable with "verdammt noch eins." Bar-safe, but the tone reads as genuinely fed up.
Heard in the wild
Verdammt nochmal, jetzt hör mir mal zu!
God damn it, will you listen to me!
Where it lands
Germany, Austria, Switzerland — universal
Quick answers
- What does "Verdammt nochmal!" mean?
- In German, "Verdammt nochmal!" means "God damn it! / For crying out loud!". Literally it's "Damned once again". "Verdammt" with a foot-stamp on the end — the "-nochmal" ("once more") turns a curse into an exasperated sigh. This is the sound of a German losing patience with a jammed printer. Interchangeable with "verdammt noch eins." Bar-safe, but the tone reads as genuinely fed up.
- Is "Verdammt nochmal!" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 2/5 (Bar-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances.
- How do you pronounce "Verdammt nochmal!"?
- Say it "fair-DAMT NOCH-mahl" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: fɛɐ̯ˈdamt ˈnɔx.maːl.
Related in German
Scheiße! SHY-suh Shit! / Damn! — the all-purpose German expletive Mist! MIST Crap! / Rats! — the family-friendly 'damn' Verdammt! fair-DAMT Damn! / Damn it! Halt die Klappe! HALT dee KLAP-uh Shut your trap! / Shut up! Hau ab! HOW AP Get lost! / Clear off! / Beat it! Verdammte Scheiße! fair-DAM-tuh SHY-suh God-damn shit! / Bloody hell!
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Damn".
- French Putain ! Damn! / F***! / The all-purpose intensifier — punctuation, really
- Greek γαμώτο Damn it! / Dammit!
- Italian Cazzo! Fuck! / Damn! / The all-purpose Italian curse.
- Japanese くそ Damn! / Crap! / Shit!
- Korean 씨발 Fuck / fucking hell — the load-bearing Korean curse.
- Polish kurwa Fuck / damn / shit — the load-bearing word of Polish, and its most common comma.
- Portuguese Porra! Damn! / Fuck! — but mostly used as pure punctuation
- Russian Блин! Damn! / Darn! / Shoot!
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