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): (standard) [ʋæð̠˕ˠ], (colloquial) [ʋæ], (question marker) [ʋæː], (exclamation) [ʋɑ̈]
• North Jutland: IPA^(key): [ʍæð̠˕ˠ], [ʍæ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ar, -ad

Pronoun

hvad

1. (interogative) what

   Hvad var det du sagde?

   What were you saying?

2. (relative) what, which (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
3. (fused relative) what, that which

   Han ved hvad han vil have.

   He knows what he wants.

Interjection

hvad

1. huh
   1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
   2. A request that the interlocutor repeat themselves.
   3. A post-sentence question marker.

      Det var ellers noget af en kamp, hvad?

      That was some match, huh?

2. 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

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