hvad

See also: hvað

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vað/, [ʋæð̠˕ˠ], /va/, [ʋæ]
  • (exclamation) IPA(key): /vɑ/, [ʋɑ̈], /vað/, [ʋæð̠˕ˠ]
  • North Jutland: IPA(key): [ʍæð̠˕ˠ], [ʍæ][1]
  • Rhymes: -a, -ar, -ad

Pronoun

hvad

  1. what (interrogative pronoun)
    Hvad var det du sagde?
    What were you saying?
  2. what (relative pronoun), which

Synonyms

Conjunction

hvad

  1. what (conjunction)
    Han ved hvad han vil have.
    He knows what he wants.

Interjection

hvad

  1. what

Synonyms

  • hvabehar
  • hvadbehager

References

Swedish

Pronoun

hvad n

  1. Obsolete spelling of vad

Anagrams

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