"Weh" meaning in German

See Weh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /veː/ Audio: De-Weh.ogg
Rhymes: -eː Etymology: From Middle High German we, wach, from Old High German wē, wa, wah, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Old English wā (English woe), Old Norse vei. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|we}} Middle High German we, {{m|gmh|wach}} wach, {{inh|de|goh|wē}} Old High German wē, {{m|goh|wa}} wa, {{m|goh|wah}} wah, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wai}} Proto-West Germanic *wai, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*wai}} Proto-Germanic *wai, {{cog|ang|wā}} Old English wā, {{cog|en|woe}} English woe, {{cog|non|vei}} Old Norse vei Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Weh n (strong, genitive Wehes or Wehs, plural Wehe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Wehes [genitive], Wehs [genitive], Wehe [plural], strong [table-tags], Weh [nominative, singular], Wehe [definite, nominative, plural], Wehes [genitive, singular], Wehs [genitive, singular], Wehe [definite, genitive, plural], Weh [dative, singular], Wehe [dative, singular], Wehen [dative, definite, plural], Weh [accusative, singular], Wehe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. psychological suffering; misery, woe Tags: neuter, strong Related terms: Wehgefühl, Wehgeschrei, Wehmut
    Sense id: en-Weh-de-noun-xIs1TBBZ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Hyponyms: Abschiedsweh, Bauchweh, Fernweh, Fußweh, Gliederweh, Halsweh, Hauptweh, Heimweh, Herzweh, Hüftweh, Kopfweh, Kreuzweh, Leibweh, Liebesweh, Luckenweh, Lückenweh, Magenweh, Schädelweh, Trennungsweh, Wehweh, Zahnweh
  2. (less commonly) physical suffering, pain Tags: neuter, strong, uncommon
    Sense id: en-Weh-de-noun-k42UMcgE Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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Download JSON data for Weh meaning in German (4.4kB)

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