"vem" meaning in Swedish

See vem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Audio: Sv-vem.ogg Forms: vems [genitive], vilka [plural], vilkas [genitive, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|hveim}} Old Norse hveim, {{m|non|hvar}} hvar, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*hwaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwaz Head templates: {{head|sv|pronoun|genitive|vems|plural|vilka|plural genitive|vilkas|g=c}} vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)
  1. who, whom Tags: common-gender Synonyms: hvem [obsolete] Derived forms: vem helst, vemhelst, vem som, vem som helst, vemsomhelst Related terms: ho, vad, vilken
    Sense id: en-vem-sv-pron-PbefBgOU Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish pronouns

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for vem meaning in Swedish (1.9kB)

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