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

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