"wer" meaning in Middle High German

See wer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Forms: wër [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], wër [nominative]
Etymology: From Old High German wer. Etymology templates: {{dercat|gmh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|gmh|goh|wer}} Old High German wer Head templates: {{head|gmh|pronoun|head=wër}} wër
  1. who Synonyms: wie, wē [Northern] Related terms: waz (english: what)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "wä"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: wä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: wä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "bèar",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: bèar, ber (Luserna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: bèar, ber (Luserna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "wer"
          },
          "expansion": "German: wer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: wer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "ווער"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: ווער (ver)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: ווער (ver)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German wer.",
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    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "wër"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 18 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "who"
      ],
      "id": "en-wer-gmh-pron-btAzcUC9",
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          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "what",
          "word": "waz"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wie"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "wē"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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        {
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            "2": "wä"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: wä",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: wä"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "bèar",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: bèar, ber (Luserna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: bèar, ber (Luserna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "wer"
          },
          "expansion": "German: wer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: wer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "ווער"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: ווער (ver)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: ווער (ver)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "4": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German wer.",
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    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "head": "wër"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "what",
      "word": "waz"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle High German lemmas",
        "Middle High German pronouns",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 18 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "who"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "wē"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wer meaning in Middle High German (2.1kB)

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