See wer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Alemannic German",
"lang_code": "gsw",
"word": "wër"
},
{
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
"word": "wä"
},
{
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"lang_code": "cim",
"word": "bèar"
},
{
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"lang_code": "cim",
"tags": [
"Luserna"
],
"word": "ber"
},
{
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"word": "wer"
},
{
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "ver",
"word": "ווער"
}
],
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[
"wër",
"wer#Old_High_German"
]
],
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"id": "who"
},
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"4": "ine-pro",
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},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "goh",
"3": "wër"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wër",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": ":inh",
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"id": "who"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old High German wër.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wër",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "glossary",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "wër",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "wës",
"links": [
[
"wës",
"wes#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "wëm",
"links": [
[
"wëm",
"wem#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative"
]
},
{
"form": "wëme",
"links": [
[
"wëme",
"weme#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative"
]
},
{
"form": "wën",
"links": [
[
"wën",
"wen#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative"
]
},
{
"form": "wie",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "wē",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "pronoun",
"head": "wër"
},
"expansion": "wër",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle High German",
"lang_code": "gmh",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"english": "what",
"translation": "what",
"word": "waȥ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"who"
],
"links": [
[
"who",
"who"
]
]
}
],
"word": "wer"
}
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