vem

vem

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

vem

1. inflection of vemt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ̃/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophones: vêm (Brazil), bem (Porto)
• Hyphenation: vem

vem

1. inflection of vir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (Brazil) misspelling of vêm

• hvem (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

• IPA^(key): /vɛmː/

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vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)

1. who, whom

   Vem är du?

   Who are you?

   Vem frågade du?

   Whom did you ask?

• In earlier Swedish, vem (spelt hvem) was the oblique case form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.

• vem helst, vemhelst
• vem som
• vem som helst, vemsomhelst

• ho
• vad
• vilken

• vem in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)