ווער

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognate with German wer, Dutch wie, English who.

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /vɛr/
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): /veːr/
  • (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /vir/

Pronoun

ווער • (ver)

  1. (interrogative) who
  2. (dialectal, Northeastern) somebody, someone
    Synonym: עמעצער (emetser)

Further reading

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