hvad

See also: hvað

Danish

Alternative forms

• hva'

Etymology

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vað/, [ʋæð̠˕ˠ], /va/, [ʋæ]
• (exclamation) IPA^(key): /vɑ/, [ʋɑ̈], /vað/, [ʋæð̠˕ˠ]
• North Jutland: IPA^(key): [ʍæð̠˕ˠ], [ʍæ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ar, -ad

Pronoun

hvad

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   Hvad var det du sagde?

   What were you saying?

2. what (relative pronoun), which

Synonyms

• (relative pronoun): hvilken

Conjunction

hvad

1. what (conjunction)

   Han ved hvad han vil have.

   He knows what he wants.

Interjection

hvad

1. what

Synonyms

• hvabehar
• hvadbehager

Swedish

Pronoun

hvad n

1. 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^[1], 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; […]

Anagrams

• havd