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Cognate with Middle High German wër (“man”), Swedish värbror (“brother-in-law”), Norwegian verfader (“father-in-law”), Latin vir (“man, husband”), Old Irish ...
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In German, as in English, an interrogative pronoun is one of the words who, whose, whom, what and which when they are used instead of a noun to ask questions, ...
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The meaning of WER is wergild.
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May 3, 2019 · Are the German words wer/was "who/what" derived from the q. word wo "where" + pns. er/es "he/it" by analogy with the Old Slavonic koi/chto "who/ ...
May 17, 2015 · No; wo means where and wer means who, so they are opposite. these are called false cognates.
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Was means "what", and refers to things. It can be used to replace the subject or direct object. Wer/Wen are versions of the same word, and refer to people.
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To ask about a person in German, we use one of the following words: wer, wen, wem or wessen. These correspond to the different grammatical cases. Nominativ.
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Jan 30, 2018 · Proto-Indo-European root forming words meaning "to turn, bend. ... Old English wer, in the broadest sense "man ... Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y ...