wer

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English wer, from Old English wer (a male being, man, husband, hero), from Proto-Germanic *weraz (man), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (man, freeman). Cognate with Middle High German wër (man), Swedish värbror (brother-in-law), Norwegian verfader (father-in-law), Latin vir (man, husband).

Noun [edit]

wer (plural wers)

  1. (obsolete) A man.
  2. (obsolete) Wergild.

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

wer

  1. (interrogative) who.
    Wer hat das gesagt?Who said that?
  2. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone
    Da ist wer an der Tür. – There's somebody at the door.

Usage notes [edit]

The colloquial wer meaning "somebody" cannot stand in the beginning of a clause (because it might then be mistaken for the interrogative). Thus: Da ist wer an der Tür, but only: Jemand ist an der Tür.

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Synonyms [edit]

  • (indefinite, colloquial): jemand

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Kurdish [edit]

Adverb [edit]

wer

  1. so

Meriam [edit]

Noun [edit]

wer

  1. egg
  2. testicle
  3. star

Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English wer, compare Old Norse verr

Noun [edit]

wer (plural wers)

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

Verb [edit]

wer

  1. were

Old English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *weraz, 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 Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Irish fer (Welsh gŵr), Lithuanian vyras.

Noun [edit]

wer m

  1. man, husband
  2. (poetic) hero
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From werian.

Noun [edit]

wer m (nominative plural weras)

  1. weir

Old High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

wer m

  1. man

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Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

wer m

  1. man
  2. hero

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