ווער in Yiddish

IPA: /vɛr/ [Litvish, YIVO], /veːr/ [Poylish], /vir/ [Ukrainish] Forms: ver [romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German wer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wie"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wie",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "ווער • (ver)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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          "who"
        ]
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        "(interrogative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "somebody, someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-ווער-yi-pron-DWJqB~Sz",
      "links": [
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Litvish) somebody, someone"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "עמעצער"
        }
      ],
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        "Litvish",
        "dialectal"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/veːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווער"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Northeastern Yiddish",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "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",
    "Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
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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"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwaʀ"
      },
      "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"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "English who",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ver",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "ווער • (ver)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "pron",
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        "who"
      ],
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        [
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          "who"
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      ],
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        "(interrogative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Yiddish dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somebody, someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
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        "(dialectal, Litvish) somebody, someone"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "עמעצער"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "dialectal"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Litvish",
        "YIVO"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/veːr/",
      "tags": [
        "Poylish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vir/",
      "tags": [
        "Ukrainish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ווער"
}

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"ווער" meaning in Yiddish

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