Hans Wehr

Hans Wehr
Wehr in 1972
Born	Hans Bodo Wehr (1909-07-05)5 July 1909 Leipzig, German Empire
Died	24 May 1981(1981-05-24) (aged 71) Münster, West Germany
Academic work
Discipline	Arabist
Institutions	University of Münster (1957–1974)
Notable works	Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (1952)

Hans Bodo Wehr (German pronunciation: [veːɐ̯]; 5 July 1909 – 24 May 1981) was a German Arabist. He is best known for his work on A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, originally published in German as Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart in 1952. The system of transliteration used in the dictionary has become known as Hans Wehr transliteration.