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| Language | Translations for "OH DEAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | ох (ah, oh, ouch), олеле (good gracious). (various references) | |
Chinese | 唉 (alas, an interjection, to express realization or agreement). (various references) | |
Czech | propána (good heavens), proboha (christ, deary me, for god's sake, for goodness sake, for goodness' sake, for heaven, for heaven's sake, good god, good grief, good heavens), no nazdar (good heavens, gosh). (various references) | |
Dutch | o wee (alas), helaas (alas, regrettably, unfortunately). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ho ve (alas). (various references) | |
Finnish | ai (oh). (various references) | |
German | auweh. (various references) | |
Greek | αμάν (oh, oh boy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ohay earday.(various references) | |
Romanian | vai doamne, vai (alack, alas, fie, heigh-ho, lack, lax, my, oh, oh me, ouch, well, woe), aoleu (ah, alack, bless me, blow me, chut, come, crikey, cripes, dear me, oh boy, oh my, ouch). (various references) | |
Swedish | kors (cross, blimey), kära nån (dear me). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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