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wehe.

woe; don't you dare (threatening exclamation)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

intj/ˈveːə/
  1. woe; don't you dare (threatening exclamation)

    Wehe euch, ihr Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer!
    Wehe (dir), wenn du wieder zu spät heimkommst!
  2. alternative form of weh (exclamation of pain)

    alt-of · alternative · archaic
Where this word comes from

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.

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