woe

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
2. (countable, uncountable) Calamity, trouble.
3. (countable, uncountable) A curse; a malediction.

Adj

Woeful; sorrowful

Intj

An exclamation of grief.

Sinonieme

sorrow

grief

distress

sadness

affliction

suffering

pain

adversity

misfortune

woe is me

trouble

heartbreak

disaster

anguish

trial

accident

misery

unhappiness

heartache

woefulness

regret

dolor

sorrowfulness

tribulation

lament

torment

ordeal

woeful

remorse

ruefulness

smart

smartness

sorry

teen

vexation

wo

worried

😟

worries

worry

brokenheartedness

depression

O dear

ache

agony

bad luck

bane

calamity

catastrophe

commiserations

deep sorrow

Vertalings

Kummer

malheur

pesar

wee

acı

dolore

Gram

aflicción

ach

pena

verdriet

guaio

mágoa

Herzeleid

infelicidade

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wəʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wo

Geërf van Old English: wā

Verwante met Nederlands: wee

Verwante met Duits: Weh

Verwante met Deens: ve

Verwante met Jiddisj: וויי

Verwante met Latyn: vae

Verwante met Albanees: vaj

Verwante met Frans: ouais

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: οὐαί

Verwante met Persies: وای

Verwante met Turks: vay

Verwante met Armeens: վայ

In summary

From Middle English wo, wei, wa, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai (interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (interjection).
See also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey); also Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), Proto-Slavic *uvy (whence Russian увы́ (uvý)), and Armenian վայ (vay).