wer

A1 Pronoun frequency rank #97

What wer means

Pronoun

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

Forms

Pronoun · wer (nom.); wessen (gen.); wes (gen.); wem (dat.); wen (acc.)

Pronunciation

wer in a sentence

Haben Sie eine Ahnung, wer im Nachbarzimmer ist?

Do you have any idea who is in the next room?

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wer is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #97 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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