uh

See also ùh, and ūh

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʌː/
• Rhymes: -ʌ

Used in rhotic dialects. Compare er.

Interjection

uh

1. (US) Expression of confusion or uncertainty.

   Uh, who was that?

2. (US) Space filler or pause during conversation.

   Uh, let me see...

See also

• er
• erm
• um
• uh-oh
• oh

Translations

expression of confusion or uncertainty

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呃 (cmn) (è, e), 哼 (cmn) (hēng), 嗯 (cmn) (ēn)

• Danish: øh (da)
• French: euh (fr)
• German: äh (de)
• Italian: uh (it)
• Japanese: あのう (ja) (anō), ええと (ja) (ēto), うーん (ja) (ūn)

• Korean: 저어 (ko) (jeoeo)
• Malay: err (ms)
• Norwegian: eh (no), øh (no)
• Russian: гм (ru) (gm, hm) , хм (ru) (xm)  (the actual pronunciation may not be close to the spelling)
• Tagalog: ah (tl), eh (tl)

space filler or pause during conversation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那個 (cmn), 那个 (cmn) (nàge, nèige), 這個 (cmn), 这个 (cmn) (zhège)

• Danish: øh (da)
• German: äh (de)
• Greek: ε (el) (e) 
• Italian: uh (it)
• Japanese: あのう (ja) (anō), ええと (ja) (ēto), うーん (ja) (ūn)

• Korean: 어 (ko) (eo), 저어 (ko) (jeoeo)
• Malay: err (ms)
• Norwegian: eh (no), øh (no)
• Russian: э-э-э (ru) (e-e-e) , э-э (ru) (e-e) , ну (ru) (nu) 
• Serbo-Croatian: ovaj (sh)
• Swedish: eh (sv), öh (sv)
• Tagalog: ah (tl), eh (tl)

Noun

uh (plural uhs)

1. An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
   • 2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, New York Times:

     Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison ’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.

Anagrams

• Hu , HU

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Dutch

Interjection

uh

1. er, uh

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/, /uː/
• Homophone: u

Interjection

uh

1. Used to express disappointment or disdain.

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

uh

1. (astronomy) moon