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wem

German, pronoun/veːm/

wem is spelled W-E-M (3 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written German, the 1,972nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wem is a German pronoun meaning “dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Dativ von wer”.

What does wem mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. Dativ von wer

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce wem?

  • /veːm/
  • [veːm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to wem

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wem in German?

wem appears 43 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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