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wer

Pronunciation: /veːr/

“wer” is a German word. Its 4 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. who (what person or people)
  2. what, which (one) (see usage notes)
  3. whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons)
  4. somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person)

Etymology

From Middle High German wër, from Old High German wër, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Related to wo.

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