Weh

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Bavarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veː/
  • Hyphenation: Weh

Noun

Weh m (plural Weh or Wehs)

  1. (Austria, Vienna) loser, good-for-nothing
    Synonyms: Flåschn, Haubntaucher, Niatn, Trenzer, Versåger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German we, wach, from Old High German wē, wa, wah, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Old English wā (English woe), Old Norse vei.

Pronunciation

Noun

Weh n (strong, genitive Wehes or Wehs, plural Wehe)

  1. psychological suffering; misery, woe
  2. (less commonly) physical suffering, pain

Declension

Declension of Weh
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Weh die Wehe
genitive eines des Wehes, Wehs der Wehe
dative einem dem Weh, Wehe1 den Wehen
accusative ein das Weh die Wehe

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Related terms

References

  • Cassell's German and English Dictionary (1933)

Further reading

  • “Weh” in Duden online
  • “Weh” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Weh n (plural Weh)

  1. wound; injury

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Weh, Dutch wee, English woe.

Noun

Weh n

  1. soreness, pain
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