"wer" meaning in German

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Pronoun

IPA: /veːr/, [veːɐ̯], [vɛɐ̯], [ʋ-] Audio: De-wer.ogg , De-wer2.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wer [nominative]
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German wër, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Related to wo. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|wër}} Middle High German wër, {{inh|de|goh|wer}} Old High German wer, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, {{m|de|wo}} wo Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns|cat3=relative pronouns}} wer
  1. (interrogative) who (what person or people) Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-wer-de-pron-dxNfliQz
  2. (interrogative, colloquial) what, which (one) (see usage notes) Tags: colloquial, interrogative
    Sense id: en-wer-de-pron-5gC3xRPG
  3. (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons) Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-wer-de-pron-S0p0wGn4
  4. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person) Tags: colloquial, indefinite Synonyms: jemand, einer
    Sense id: en-wer-de-pron-BP0eZqsq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German interrogative pronouns, German pronouns, German relative pronouns Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 17 5 17 61 Disambiguation of German interrogative pronouns: 26 12 22 41 Disambiguation of German pronouns: 21 18 21 40 Disambiguation of German relative pronouns: 20 10 17 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: irgendwer, wer da, Werdaruf, Werfall, Wemfall, Wenfall Coordinate_terms: was

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wer meaning in German (4.5kB)

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          "english": "Whoever has a question, put up their hands now.",
          "text": "Wer eine Frage hat, kann sich jetzt melden.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "Wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen. (proverb)",
          "text": "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "Da ist wer an der Tür.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[veːɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʋ-]"
    },
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    {
      "word": "Werdaruf"
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          "ref": "Wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen. (proverb)",
          "text": "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.",
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          "somebody",
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          "anybody",
          "anybody"
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          "word": "einer"
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