hvaðan

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Faroese

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Adverb

hvaðan

  1. from where, whence
    Synonym: hvaðani
    Hvaðan ert tú komin?
    Where did you come from?

Further reading

"hvaðan" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

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Pronoun

hvaðan

  1. from where, whence
    Hvaðan ert þú? (formal)
    Where are you from?
    Hvaðan ertu? (informal)
    Where are you from?

Old Norse

Etymology

From hvar (“where”), hvat (“what”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare þaðan, héðan.

Adverb

hvaðan (not comparable)

  1. whence, wherefrom, from where
    Hvaðan kømr þú?
    Whence do you come?

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