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, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /vɛr/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /veːr/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /vir/

Pronoun

ווער • (ver)

1. (interrogative) who
2. (dialectal, Northeastern) somebody, someone

   Synonym: עמעצער (emetser)

Further reading

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