who

Betekenis (English)

Pron

1. What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
2. Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
3. Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
4. Whoever, he who, they who.

Noun

A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Det

whose

Concepten

wie

welke

die

hetwelk

dat

welk

dewelke

10.wie

Synonyms

which

that

what

whom

someone

which person

somebody

where

person

🧑‍🦱

any

which one

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

which people

pron./pron.m.,f.

with whom

it is said

those who

which one’s

what kind of person

son of Manu Vaivasvata

anybody

anyone

he

👨

here

he who

self

she

👩

something

the

them

they

those

whose

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/huː/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: who

Inherited from Oudengels: hwā

Cognate with Schots: wha

Cognate with Fries: wa

Cognate with Nederlands: wie

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: we

Cognate with Duits: wer

Cognate with Deens: hvem

Cognate with Noors - Bokmål: hvem

Cognate with Noors - Nynorsk: kven

Cognate with IJslands: hver

In summary

From Middle English who, hwo, huo, wha, hwoa, hwa, from Old English hwā (dative hwām, genitive hwæs), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
The sound change /hw/ > /h/ (without a corresponding change in spelling) was due to wh-cluster reduction after an irregular change of /ɑː/ to /oː/ in Middle English (instead of the expected /ɔː/) and further to /uː/ regularly in Early Modern English. A similar change occurred in two. Compare how, which underwent wh-reduction earlier (in Old English), and thus is spelt with h.
Compare Scots wha, West Frisian wa, Dutch wie, Low German we, German wer, Danish hvem, Norwegian Bokmål hvem, Norwegian Nynorsk kven, Icelandic hver.

Zinnen

Despite this she would bring back home people who needed help .

Desondanks zou ze mensen terugbrengen die hulp nodig hadden.

I have to find a man who knows that universal language .

Ik moet een man vinden die die universele taal kent.

The town was named by a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte .

De stad werd genoemd door een soldaat die diende onder Napoleon Bonaparte.

This is about animals with snouts who dance to music .

Dit gaat over dieren met snuiten die op muziek dansen.

Jim Broadbent had a twin sister who died at birth .

Jim Broadbent had een tweelingzus die stierf bij de geboorte.

This enrages the farmers , who decide to hunt them down and kill them .

Dit woedt de boeren, die besluiten hen op te sporen en te doden.

They are room staff who perform the work of admission and control , and seller-speaker.

Het zijn kamerpersoneel die het werk van toelating en controle uitvoeren, en verkoper-spreker.

These were often produced by printers who specialised in them .

Deze werden vaak geproduceerd door printers die zich erin specialiseerden.