hvilken

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish huilk, huilkin, Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (“what kind of, what sort of”), cognate with English which, German welcher, Gothic 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (ƕileiks). A compound of *hwaz (“who”) +‎ *-līkaz (“shaped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvelɡən/, [ˈʋe̝lɡ̊ŋ̍], [ˈʋe̝lkŋ̍]

Pronoun

hvilken (neuter hvilket, plural hvilke)

1. (interrogative) what, which, the
2. (relative) who, whom, which, whatever, whichever

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hvílíkr, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.

Pronoun

hvilken (neuter singular hvilket, plural hvilke)

1. which

See also

• kva for ein (Nynorsk)

Further reading

• “hvilken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronoun

hvilken

1. Obsolete spelling of vilken.