"ווער" meaning in Yiddish

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Pronoun

IPA: /vɛr/ [Northeastern, YIVO], /veːr/ [Poylish], /vir/ [Ukrainish] Forms: ver [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognate with German wer, Dutch wie, English who. Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|wer}} Middle High German wer, {{der|yi|goh|wer}} Old High German wer, {{der|yi|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, {{cog|de|wer}} German wer, {{cog|nl|wie}} Dutch wie, {{cog|en|who}} English who Head templates: {{head|yi|pronoun}} ווער • (ver)
  1. (interrogative) who Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-ווער-yi-pron-btAzcUC9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Yiddish pronouns: 69 31
  2. (dialectal, Northeastern) somebody, someone Tags: Northeastern, dialectal Synonyms: עמעצער
    Sense id: en-ווער-yi-pron-DWJqB~Sz Categories (other): Northeastern Yiddish, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "German wer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wie"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "English who",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognate with German wer, Dutch wie, English who.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ver",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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        },
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        "(interrogative) who"
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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          "someone"
        ]
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        "(dialectal, Northeastern) somebody, someone"
      ],
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          "word": "עמעצער"
        }
      ],
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        "Northeastern",
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/vɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/veːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווער"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish pronouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "German wer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wie"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "English who",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognate with German wer, Dutch wie, English who.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ver",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "pron",
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      ],
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        "(interrogative) who"
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      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
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        "Yiddish dialectal terms"
      ],
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          "word": "עמעצער"
        }
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        "Northeastern",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/veːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווער"
}

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