Meaning

3 senses
  1. (error unknown tag, slang)The word "damn" employed as a curse.

    He said a few damns and left.

    Verwünschung, Fluch

    чёрт побери́čort poberí, прокля́тиеprokljátije, чёрт возьми́čort vozʹmí

  2. (error unknown tag, slang)A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

    The new hires aren't worth a damn.

    Fliegenschiss, Furz

    something of little value

  3. (error unknown tag, slang)The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

    I don't give a damn.

    Mindeste, Geringste

Examples

240 sentences
  1. I don't give a damn about you and your circumstances!

  2. I'd do any damn thing for you.

    Я би зробив чортзна-що для тебе. — Qermit

  3. I don't give a damn about poetry.

    Мені начхати на поезію. — ChickenKiev

    deIch scheiße auf Dichtkunst. — human600

  4. I don't care a damn what people think of me.

    Я срати хотів на те, що про мене думають люди. — deniko

    deIch scheiße darauf, was andere von mir denken. — human600

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  5. God damn it, what the hell is wrong with them?

    Чорт забирай, що з ними до біса не так? — deniko

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
use of damn as a swear word:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
use of damn as a swear word:
a small, negligible quantity, being of little value:
the smallest amount of concern or consideration:

Origin

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, infl

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

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