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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (archaic), Swedish vi (archaic), English why.
Pronunciation
Adverb
hvi
- (archaic or poetic) why
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hví; cognate with Icelandic hví, Faroese hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi , Old English hwi (English why).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hvi
- (archaic or poetic) why
Men hvi skal jeg være så hardt beklemt?- But why should I be so very anxious?
Synonyms
References
- “hvi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.