welcher

See also: Welcher

English

Alternative forms

• welsher (UK)

Etymology

welch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

welcher (plural welchers)

1. One who welches.
2. (British, offensive slang) A Welshman or person of Welsh descent.

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German welih, wilih, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz. Compare English which.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlçɐ/
• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛʎ̞çɐ], [ˈvɛɪ̯çɐ]

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Determiner

welcher

1. (interrogative) which; what

   Welche Farbe hat dein Kleid?

   What colour is your dress?

   Welches Buch in diesem Regal hast du am öftesten gelesen?

   Which book on this shelf have you read most often?

2. (relative, literary) which

   Er vergaß, die letzte Kugel aus dem Lauf zu nehmen, welcher Fehler ihn das Leben kosten würde.

   He forgot to remove the last bullet from the barrel, which mistake would cost him his life.

Pronoun

welcher

1. (interrogative) which (one)

   Hier sind zwei Jacken, welche ist deine?

   There are two jackets here, which one is yours?

2. (relative, literary) that; which; who; whom

   Der Mann, welchen sie als ihren Nachbarn erkannte, lag tot auf dem Bürgersteig.

   The man, whom she recognized to be her neighbour, was lying dead on the pavement.

Usage notes

• Welcher as a relative pronoun is virtually never used in the vernacular. It occurs more often in literary German, but overusing it is a typical trait of a pretentious style (generally corrected by editors). The normal relative pronoun in all registers of German is der and its forms.

Declension

Declension of welcher
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	welcher	welche	welches	welche
genitive	welches	welcher	welches	welcher
dative	welchem	welcher	welchem	welchen
accusative	welchen	welche	welches	welche