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Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hvad
- what (interrogative pronoun)
Hvad var det du sagde?- What were you saying?
- what (relative pronoun), which
Synonyms
Conjunction
hvad
- what (conjunction)
Han ved hvad han vil have.- He knows what he wants.
Interjection
hvad
- what
Synonyms
References
Swedish
Pronoun
hvad n
- 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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