vem

vem

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of vemt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of vemt

From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophones: vêm (Brazil), bem (Porto)
• Hyphenation: vem

vem

1. inflection of vir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (Brazil) Misspelling of vêm.

• hvem (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

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vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)

1. who, whom

   Vem är du?

   Who are you?

   Vem frågade du?

   Whom did you ask?

In earlier Swedish, vem (hvem) was the oblique form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form has been lost to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.

• vem helst, vemhelst
• vem som
• vem som helst, vemsomhelst

• ho
• vad
• vilken

• vem in Svensk ordbok.