whom

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (formal, interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.
2. (formal, interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.
3. (formal, relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
4. (formal) The person(s) whom; whomever.
5. (formal, informal) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

Sinonieme

who

which

that

what

to whom

anybody

for whom

anyone

somebody

someone

Vertalings

chi

wen

quem

que

wie

quién

wem

o quê

a chi

quien

qui

o que

a quién

waaraan

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/huːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: whom

Geërf van Old English: hwām

Verwante met Skots: wham

Verwante met Duits: wem

Verwante met Deens: hvem

Verwante met Sweeds: vem

In summary

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).

Sinne

His current wife is Nancy Lange , with whom he has a daughter .