Weh

Weh

1. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.

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• IPA^(key): /veː/
• Hyphenation: Weh

Weh m (plural Weh or Wehs)

1. (Austria, Vienna) loser, good-for-nothing

   Synonyms: Flåschn, Haubntaucher, Niatn, Trenzer, Versåger

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.

• IPA^(key): /veː/
• Rhymes: -eː

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• Homophone: W

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

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

• Cassell's German and English Dictionary (1933)

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

• IPA^(key): /veː/

Weh n (plural Weh)

1. wound; injury

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Compare German Weh, Dutch wee, English woe.

Weh n

1. soreness, pain