ווער

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ. Cognate with German wer, Dutch wie, English who.

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /vɛr/
(Poylish) IPA^(key): /veːr/
(Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /vir/

Pronoun

ווער • (ver)

(interrogative) who
(dialectal, Litvish) somebody, someone
Synonym: עמעצער‎ (emetser)

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "somebody" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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