wer's Full Declension: wessen, wem, wen
wer का पूरा रूपांतरण: wessen, wem, wen
"Who" isn't just wer — like every German noun phrase, the question word for a person also changes by case, exactly like Hindi's कौन/किसने/किसको/किसका.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
wer/wen/wem/wessen ≈ Hindi's कौन/किसने/किसको/किसका
Wer kommt? (nom.) Wen siehst du? (acc.) Wem hilfst du? (dat.) Wessen Buch ist das? (gen.)
कौन आ रहा है? / तुम किसको देखते हो? / तुम किसकी मदद करते हो? / यह किसकी किताब है?
Hindi's कौन also changes by case — कौन (subject), किसको (object/dative), किसने (subject, in the past tense), किसका (possessive) — the base form shifts to 'किस-' and then a postposition attaches. German has exactly the same idea, except the whole word changes instead of a postposition: wer (nominative), wen (accusative), wem (dative), wessen (genitive) — shifting across the four cases just like der/die/das. If Hindi's कौन/किसको/किसका distinction already feels intuitive, this German pattern won't feel new at all — you just have to memorize four separate whole words instead of adding postpositions.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wer kommt? | vair komt | कौन आ रहा है? (nominative)kaun ā rahā hai? | Who is coming? (nominative) |
| Wen siehst du? | vayn zeest doo | तुम किसको देखते हो? (accusative)tum kisko dekhte ho? | Whom do you see? (accusative) |
| Wem hilfst du? | vaym hilfst doo | तुम किसकी मदद करते हो? (dative)tum kiskī madad karte ho? | Whom are you helping? (dative) |
| Wessen Buch ist das? | VES-en bookh ist dahs | यह किसकी किताब है? (genitive)yah kiskī kitāb hai? | Whose book is this? (genitive) |