wehe
See also: Wehe
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of weh, which see. The usual distinction between the two forms was first noted by Adelung. While the Deutsches Wörterbuch (1955) considered this distinction “untenable”, it is in fact a linguistic reality, albeit with occasional exceptions.
Interjection edit
wehe (with dative)
- woe to; don't you dare (threatening exclamation)
- Wehe euch, ihr Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer! ― Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees! (Matthew 23:23)
- Wehe (dir), wenn du wieder zu spät heimkommst! ― Don't you dare come home late again!
- (archaic) Alternative form of weh (exclamation of pain)
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
wehe
- inflection of wehen:
Further reading edit
- “wehe” in Duden online
Hawaiian edit
Verb edit
wehe
- To open; undo; take off; pull apart
Derived terms edit
Maori edit
Verb edit
wehe
- to separate