hvem
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hveim, dative of Old Norse hvar (“who”), from Proto-Germanic *hwaz (“who”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛm/, [vɛmˀ], [vɛm]
- Rhymes: -ɛmˀ
Pronoun
hvem
- (interrogative) who
- Hvem er du?
- Who are you?
- (relative) who, whom
- Hvem spurgte du?
- Whom did you ask?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hveim
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛm/
Pronoun
hvem
- (interrogative) who
- Hvem er du? ― Who are you?
- (relative) who, whom
- Hvem spurte du? ― Whom did you ask?
- Av hjem? ― By whom?
- (dialectal (Drammen) which
References
- “hvem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “hvem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish
Pronoun
hvem (genitive hvems, plural hvilka)
- Obsolete spelling of vem