wer
German, pronoun/veːr/
wer is spelled W-E-R (3 letters) and appears 724 times per million words in written German, the 135th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wer is a German pronoun meaning “who (what person or people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fragt nach einer Person oder mehreren Personen”.
What does wer mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
who (what person or people)
Wer hat das gesagt?
- 2
colloquialwhat, which (one) (see usage notes)
- 3
whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons)
Wer eine Frage hat, kann sich jetzt melden.
- 4
colloquialsomebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person)
Da ist wer an der Tür.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. fragt nach einer Person oder mehreren Personen 2. fragt nach einer Person oder mehreren Personen 3. fragt nach einer Person oder mehreren Personen, ohne eine Antwort zu erwarten
pronoun: 1. derjenige, der; diejenige, die
pronoun: 1. irgendjemand 2. jemand Besonderes, jemand von Bedeutung, jemand Erfolgreiches
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of wer
- wessen genitive singular
- wes archaic genitive singular
- wem dative singular
- wen accusative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wer?
- /veːr/
- [veːɐ̯]
- [vɛɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wer in German?
wer appears 724 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).