wehe

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈveːə/ === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== wehe 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! (archaic) alternative form of weh (exclamation of pain) ===== Alternative forms ===== weh, weh' (chiefly colloquial or poetic) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== wehe inflection of wehen: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I === Further reading === “wehe” in Duden online == Hawaiian == === Verb === wehe (transitive) to open; undo; take off; pull apart ==== Derived terms ==== hoʻowehe wehewehe == Māori == === Verb === wehe to separate ==== Derived terms ====