hvilken

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish huilk, huilkin, Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (“what kind of, what sort of”), cognate with English which, German welcher, Gothic 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks). A compound of *hwaz (“who”) +‎ *-līkaz (“shaped”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvelɡən/, [ˈʋe̝lɡ̊ŋ̍], [ˈʋe̝lkŋ̍]

Pronoun

hvilken (neuter hvilket, plural hvilke)

  1. (interrogative) what, which, the
  2. (relative) who, whom, which, whatever, whichever

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.

Pronoun

hvilken (neuter singular hvilket, plural hvilke)

  1. which

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Pronoun

hvilken

  1. Obsolete spelling of vilken
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