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What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question

• Who has to do it?

  Wer soll das machen?

  Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Who did you come with?

  Mit wem bist du gekommen?

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

wer

; With antecedent as subject — Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent

wer

; With antecedent as object: whom — Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent

wer

Whoever, he who, they whoselten

wer

Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teamsselten