# die Wehe

die Wehe is a German noun meaning “labour pain”. Forms: der Wehe, die Wehen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Wehe
- Plural: die Wehen

## In other languages

- Русский: мед. схватки
- Українська: замет

## Noun

1. _in the plural_ labour pain, contraction

## Noun

1. _rare_ drift (a mass of matter which has been driven together by wind)

## Examples

- Meine Tochter liegt in den Wehen. — My daughter is in labour.
- Kann Sex die Wehen einleiten? — Can sex induce labor?
- Sie bekommt die Wehen. — She's going into labor.
- Ich habe Wehen. — I'm in labour.
- Die Wehen fingen an. — Contractions began.

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