Swedish interjection · noun
ve
woe! (cursed be)/veː/
ve as an interjection
Meaning
woe! (cursed be)
ve as a noun
Meaning
woe
Practise ve
1 / 1What does ve mean?
ve in a sentence
- Ve dig!Woe to you!
- Ve mig!Woe is me!
- Ve och fasa!Horror of horrors!
Expressions
- väl och vewell-being, welfare
- ve och fasaGod help us!
Questions
What does ve mean in English?
ve means “woe! (cursed be)”.
Similar words
jämmer
Origin
From Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai.
Nearby common words
ve is number 7,574 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,570image image
- 7,571inkompetent incompetent
- 7,572revolutionär revolutionary
- 7,573tygla rein
- 7,575däribland among [these], among them
- 7,576häkta remand in custody
- 7,577primär primary
- 7,578pm memo
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary