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
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpb8XSM1FMU&lc=Ugwt47IDlgMWdTZ5R0J4AaABAg

Swedish

Pronoun

hvad n

  1. Obsolete spelling of vad.
    • 1787, Johan Henric Kellgren, Underrättelse om det, som bör iagttagas af de hvilka åtagit sig at arbeta på den Svenska Ordaboken‎, pages 2–3:
      Detta är hvad Academien, i anſeende til den Grammaticaliſka delen af Ordaboken, exempelvis och til uplyſning, nu velat anföra; […]
      This is what the Academy, in regard to the grammatical part of the Dictionary, for example and for information, now wanted to state; […]

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