wer
Meaning
- (interrogative) who (what person or people)
- (colloquial,interrogative) what, which (one) (see usage notes)
- (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons)
- (colloquial,indefinite) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person)
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
wer
Appenzell Innerrhoden
wer
Graubünden
wer
Basel-Landschaft
wäär
Basel-Landschaft
wär
Basel-Landschaft
wääreli
Basel-Stadt
wo
Zürich
wär
Aargau
wär
Zürich
wert
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
wo
Bern
wär
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/veːr/
Etymology
From Middle High German wër, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Related to wo.
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Sentences
Wer unterrichtet die vier-c?
Who teaches the four-c?