wehe

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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wehe

  1. woe; don't you dare (threatening exclamation) [with dative ‘to someone’]
    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!
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of weh (exclamation of pain)
Alternative forms
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  • weh, weh' (chiefly colloquial or poetic)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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wehe

  1. inflection of wehen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Further reading

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  • wehe” in Duden online

Hawaiian

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Verb

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wehe

  1. (transitive) to open; undo; take off; pull apart

Derived terms

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Maori

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Verb

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wehe

  1. to separate

Derived terms

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