German pronoun · CEFR A1

Wer

Meaning in English: who

Rank 150 of 5,000pronounLevel A13 forms in the list
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Example

Wer hat meinen Kuli genommen?

Who took my pen?

Forms of Wer in the top 5,000

These forms of Wer are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

wen#3,081
whom, who (accusative)A1

Wen hast du gestern im Kino getroffen?
Who did you meet at the cinema yesterday?

wem#3,595
(to) whom (dative)A2

Wem gehört dieser Schirm?
Whose umbrella is this?

How common is Wer?

Wer is number 150 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 570 times per million words — about once every 1,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 48% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 146sagtesaid
  2. 147dortthere
  3. 148Datendata
  4. 149ihremher, their (dative, masc./neut.)
  5. 150Werwho
  6. 151maljust (softener); times; once
  7. 152das Endeend
  8. 153andereother, different
  9. 154welchewhich; some

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