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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hvem.

who, whom

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

pron/vɛm/
  1. who, whom

    interrogative
    Hvem gjorde det?
    Hvem er du?
  2. who, whom

    dated · relative
  3. which

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Danish hvem, from Old Norse hveim. Known in a runic spelling as huem (with a bind rune) in a magical manuscript from around 1650.

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