auweh
German, interjection[…]
auweh is spelled A-U-W-E-H (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auweh is a German interjection meaning “ouch, ow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausruf, der Schmerz oder Bedauern ausdrückt”.
What does auweh mean in English?
interjection
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Austriaouch, ow
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Austriaoh dear, oh my, uh-oh
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausruf, der Schmerz oder Bedauern ausdrückt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce auweh?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is auweh in German?
auweh appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).