hvilken — meaning in English

English meaning

• what det Used to ask for the identity or nature of something, from an open set of possibilities.
• which det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
• whom pron The object form of "who," used when referring to the person a verb or preposition acts on.

Senses

hvilken is used for these senses in English:

• what (exclamative) Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
• which (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
• which (relative, formal, _, outside certain phrases) Designates the one(s) previously mentioned.
• which (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

what — full definition

1. det Used to ask for the identity or nature of something, from an open set of possibilities.
2. pron The thing or things that.
3. adv Used to add emphasis, showing that something is remarkable in a good or bad way.
4. intj Used informally at the end of a statement to invite agreement, similar to "right?"

which — full definition

1. det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
2. pron Used to introduce extra information about something just mentioned.

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