merder

See also: MerDer

Catalan

Etymology

From merda +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈde]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meɾˈðeɾ]

Noun

merder m (plural merders)

1. place full of excrement
2. (slang, vulgar) tumult, disorder, chaos, hubbub
3. (slang, vulgar) fix, jam, difficulty, tight spot

   tinc un merder ― I have a problem

Adjective

merder (feminine merdera, masculine plural merders, feminine plural merderes)

1. who handles excrement

Further reading

• “merder”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “merder”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “merder” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “merder” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From merde (“shit”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.de/

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• Homophones: merdé, merdée, merdées, merdés, merdez

Verb

merder

1. (vulgar) to fuck up, to screw up (make errors)

   Synonym: foirer

Conjugation

Conjugation of merder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	merder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	merdant /mɛʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		merdé /mɛʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	merde /mɛʁd/	merdes /mɛʁd/	merde /mɛʁd/	merdons /mɛʁ.dɔ̃/	merdez /mɛʁ.de/	merdent /mɛʁd/
	imperfect	merdais /mɛʁ.dɛ/	merdais /mɛʁ.dɛ/	merdait /mɛʁ.dɛ/	merdions /mɛʁ.djɔ̃/	merdiez /mɛʁ.dje/	merdaient /mɛʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	merdai /mɛʁ.de/	merdas /mɛʁ.da/	merda /mɛʁ.da/	merdâmes /mɛʁ.dam/	merdâtes /mɛʁ.dat/	merdèrent /mɛʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	merderai /mɛʁ.də.ʁe/	merderas /mɛʁ.də.ʁa/	merdera /mɛʁ.də.ʁa/	merderons /mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	merderez /mɛʁ.də.ʁe/	merderont /mɛʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	merderais /mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/	merderais /mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/	merderait /mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/	merderions /mɛʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	merderiez /mɛʁ.də.ʁje/	merderaient /mɛʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	merde /mɛʁd/	merdes /mɛʁd/	merde /mɛʁd/	merdions /mɛʁ.djɔ̃/	merdiez /mɛʁ.dje/	merdent /mɛʁd/
	imperfect2	merdasse /mɛʁ.das/	merdasses /mɛʁ.das/	merdât /mɛʁ.da/	merdassions /mɛʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	merdassiez /mɛʁ.da.sje/	merdassent /mɛʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	merde /mɛʁd/	—	merdons /mɛʁ.dɔ̃/	merdez /mɛʁ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “merder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

merder m (plural merdyn)

1. murderer