"hvem" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronoun

IPA: /vɛm/
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|da|hvem}} Danish hvem, {{inh|nb|non|hveim}} Old Norse hveim Head templates: {{head|nb|pronoun}} hvem
  1. (interrogative) who, whom Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-hvem-nb-pron-PbefBgOU Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 36 10 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 36 10 10 0
  2. (dated, relative after a preposition) who, whom Tags: dated, relative
    Sense id: en-hvem-nb-pron-PbefBgOU1 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 36 10 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 36 10 10 0
  3. (dialectal, Drammen) which Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-hvem-nb-pron-d7wGxV0p
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          "text": "Hvem gjorde det?",
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