hvad
See also: hvað
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) [ʋæð̠˕ˠ], (colloquial) [ʋæ], (question marker) [ʋæː], (exclamation) [ʋɑ̈]
- North Jutland: IPA(key): [ʍæð̠˕ˠ], [ʍæ][1]
- Rhymes: -a, -ar, -ad
Pronoun
hvad
- what (interrogative pronoun)
- Hvad var det du sagde?
- What were you saying?
- what (relative pronoun), which
Synonyms
- (relative pronoun): hvilken
Conjunction
hvad
- what (conjunction)
- Han ved hvad han vil have.
- He knows what he wants.
Interjection
hvad
- huh
- An expression of surprise or disbelief.
- A request that the listener repeat themselves.
- A post-sentence question marker.
- Det var ellers noget af en kamp, hvad?
- That was some match, huh?
- say (interjection). A pre-sentence question marker.
- Hvad, kommer du egentligt til festen?
- Say, are you actually coming to the party?
Synonyms
- hvabehar
- hvadbehager
References
- Brøcker, K. K. et al. (2012). Samtalesprogets grammatik. Fire fænomener og nogle metodiske overvejelser. NyS 42. Dansk talesprog, pp. 10-40. https://www.nys.dk/article/view/13672/11821
Further reading
- “hvad” in Den Danske Ordbog
- Samtalesprogets grammatik. Fire fænomener og nogle metodiske overvejelser
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[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; […]