Weh

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Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Weh m (plural Weh or Wehs)

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

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Cassell's German and English Dictionary (1933)

Further reading[edit]

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

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Weh n (plural Weh)

  1. wound; injury

Further reading[edit]

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German Weh, Dutch wee, English woe.

Noun[edit]

Weh n

  1. soreness, pain