Weihe

See also: weihe, wéihé, wèihé, wēihè, and Wèihé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weihe.

Proper noun

Weihe (plural Weihes)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Weihe is the 35203^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 640 individuals. Weihe is most common among White (95.94%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Weihe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wīhe, from Old High German wīhī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaɪ̯ə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Weihe f (genitive Weihe, plural Weihen)

consecration, any act or procession of making a thing or situation holy
(Christianity, in particular) ordination (Catholic and Orthodox sacrament)

Declension

Declension of Weihe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Weihe	die	Weihen
genitive	einer	der	Weihe	der	Weihen
dative	einer	der	Weihe	den	Weihen
accusative	eine	die	Weihe	die	Weihen

Hyponyms

Altarweihe
Jugendweihe
Kirchweihe
Priesterweihe
Schiffsweihe

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old High German wīo, from Proto-Germanic *wīwô. Compare Pennsylvania German Woi.

Noun

Weihe f (genitive Weihe, plural Weihen)

harrier (bird of prey)

Further reading

“Weihe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Weihe” in Duden online

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