wer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Initialism 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Pronoun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Related terms 3 Kurdish 3.1 Adverb 4 Meriam 4.1 Noun 5 Middle English 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Old English 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Etymology 1 6.2.1 Noun 6.2.1.1 Declension 6.2.1.2 Derived terms 6.2.1.3 Descendants 6.3 Etymology 2 6.3.1 Noun 7 Old High German 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Derived terms 7.2.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Initialism

WER

1. word error rate

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Related to wo.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [veːɐ]

[edit] Pronoun

wer

1. (interrogative) who.

[edit] Inflection

• Nominative: wer = 'who'
• Accusative: wen = who, whom'
• Dative: wem = 'to whom'
• Genitive: wessen = 'whose'

[edit] Related terms

• wer da
• Werdaruf
• Werfall
• Wemfall
• Wenfall

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Adverb

wer

1. so

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[edit] Meriam

[edit] Noun

wer

1. egg
2. testicle
3. star

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English wer, Old Norse verr

[edit] Noun

wer

1. a man, a husband
2. alternate spelling of war

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wer/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *werāz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“‘freeman’”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wer, Old Saxon wer, Old High German wer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (waír). The PIE root is also the source of Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Irish fer (Welsh gŵr), Lithuanian vyras.

[edit] Noun

wer m.

1. man, husband
2. (poetic) hero

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	wer	weras
accusative	wer	weras
genitive	weres	wera
dative	were	werum

[edit] Derived terms

• werwulf, werewulf
• wereald, woruld, worold

[edit] Descendants

English:

• werewolf
• world
• wergeld, wergild

Middle English:

• wer

[edit] Etymology 2

From werian.

[edit] Noun

wer m. (plural weras)

1. weir

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werāz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Old English wer and Old Norse verr.

[edit] Noun

wer m.

1. man

[edit] Derived terms

• weralt
• werwulf

[edit] Descendants

• Werwolf
• Welt