weh
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka).
Noun
[edit]weh (plural wehs)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]weh
- Alternative form of wah
- 1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life:
- oh weh ! oh weh ! " — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so
- 1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-Tired:
- "Oh, weh! oh, weh!" The Child-Who-Was-Tired pushed and pulled them apart, muffled them into their coats, and drove them out of the house.
- 1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307:
- Perhaps it's in Lausanne, at the shore of Lake Leman, and in the widow's arms that Wolf wrote Oh weh! Perhaps she whispered it into his ear, when they first slept together, or when he parted from her. Perhaps it was her oh weh! he could never forget.
- 2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 7:
- I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.
- 2012, Regina F. Bendix, Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90:
- "Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.
- 2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales:
- At last one night the Master of Sorcerers in secret places raised his voice and cried: “Weh-h-h-h! Weh-h-h-h-h-h!”
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wē, from Old High German wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wai.
Compare Latin vae, Dutch wee, English woe, Danish ve, Swedish ve, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]weh (strong nominative masculine singular weher, comparative weher, superlative am wehsten or am wehesten)
- sore, painful
- einen wehen Zeh haben ― to have a sore toe
- ein wehes Bein haben ― to have a sore leg
- Ihr ist ganz weh zumute. ― She feels very painful.
- Ihm wurde ganz weh ums Herz. ― His heart ached.
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist weh | sie ist weh | es ist weh | sie sind weh | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | weher | wehe | wehes | wehe |
genitive | wehen | weher | wehen | weher | |
dative | wehem | weher | wehem | wehen | |
accusative | wehen | wehe | wehes | wehe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der wehe | die wehe | das wehe | die wehen |
genitive | des wehen | der wehen | des wehen | der wehen | |
dative | dem wehen | der wehen | dem wehen | den wehen | |
accusative | den wehen | die wehe | das wehe | die wehen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein weher | eine wehe | ein wehes | (keine) wehen |
genitive | eines wehen | einer wehen | eines wehen | (keiner) wehen | |
dative | einem wehen | einer wehen | einem wehen | (keinen) wehen | |
accusative | einen wehen | eine wehe | ein wehes | (keine) wehen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist weher | sie ist weher | es ist weher | sie sind weher | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | weherer | wehere | weheres | wehere |
genitive | weheren | weherer | weheren | weherer | |
dative | weherem | weherer | weherem | weheren | |
accusative | weheren | wehere | weheres | wehere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der wehere | die wehere | das wehere | die weheren |
genitive | des weheren | der weheren | des weheren | der weheren | |
dative | dem weheren | der weheren | dem weheren | den weheren | |
accusative | den weheren | die wehere | das wehere | die weheren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein weherer | eine wehere | ein weheres | (keine) weheren |
genitive | eines weheren | einer weheren | eines weheren | (keiner) weheren | |
dative | einem weheren | einer weheren | einem weheren | (keinen) weheren | |
accusative | einen weheren | eine wehere | ein weheres | (keine) weheren |
Interjection
[edit]weh
- alas! woe!
- Freunde sind gut, aber wehe dem, der ihrer bedarf in der Not. ― Friends are good, but woe to anyone who needs them in times of need.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cassell's German and English Dictionary (1933)
Old Javanese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
[edit]weh
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
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Particle
[edit]weh
- an emphatic particle
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "weh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German weh. Possibly from Middle High German.
Adjective
[edit]weh
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare nge / ngek / nye / nyek. See also Hokkien 諧/谐 (ôe, “to persuade; to advise; to harmonize”) as in 諧煞/谐煞 (ôe-soah, “to mediate; to conciliate; to reconcile”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈwe/ [ˈwɛː]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: weh
Interjection
[edit]weh? (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒ) (slang)
- Expression of disbelief or skepticism: oh really
- Synonym: ows
- Weh, di nga?
- Oh really, is it really not?
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈwe/ [ˈwɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: weh
Particle
[edit]weh (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒ) (dialectal, chiefly Bulacan)
- Alternative form of e
Further reading
[edit]- English terms derived from Nepali
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛ
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- Rhymes:English/ɛː
- Rhymes:English/ɛː/1 syllable
- English interjections
- English terms with quotations
- en:Carnivores
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- Rhymes:German/eː
- Rhymes:German/eː/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German terms with collocations
- German terms with usage examples
- German interjections
- German terms with quotations
- Old Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Javanese/weh
- Rhymes:Old Javanese/weh/1 syllable
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese roots
- Old Javanese particles
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German adjectives
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/e
- Rhymes:Tagalog/e/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog interjections
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- Tagalog dialectal terms
- Bulacan Tagalog
- Tagalog catchphrases