hva

See also: hvá

Danish

Pronoun

hva

1. misspelling of hvad

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Danish hvad, from Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. The loss of the final consonant is also common in Danish, but was reinforced by native Norwegian dialects; cf. Nynorsk kva and eastern dialect forms such as (h)å.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑː/

Pronoun

hva

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   Coordinate term: hvem

See also

• kva (Nynorsk)

References

• “hva” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hva” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).