emmerde
French, noun
emmerde is spelled E-M-M-E-R-D-E (7 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emmerde is a French feminine noun meaning “trouble (short form, abbreviation of emmerdement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of emmerder. With an accent, emmerdé is a different word: “past participle of emmerder”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Situation ou affaire délicate qui provoque de l’inquiétude, de l’angoisse ou de la contrariété”.
What does emmerde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangtrouble (short form, abbreviation of emmerdement)
Il va avoir des emmerdes
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of emmerder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Embêté, embarrassé.
noun: 1. Situation ou affaire délicate qui provoque de l’inquiétude, de l’angoisse ou de la contrariété. 2. Comportement agressif ; bagarre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of emmerde
- emmerdes plural
- emmerdement alternative
- emmerdée feminine
- emmerdés masculine plural
- emmerdées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to emmerde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emmerde in French?
emmerde appears 7.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).