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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
Pronoun
hvilken (neuter hvilket, plural hvilke)
- (interrogative) what, which, the
- (relative) who, whom, which, whatever, whichever
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.
Pronoun
hvilken (neuter singular hvilket, plural hvilke)
- which
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Further reading
Swedish
Pronoun
hvilken
- Obsolete spelling of vilken