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.

Concepten

wie

aan wie

waaraan
die
waarbij
Synoniemen

who
A1
which
A1
that
A1
what
A1

to whom

anybody
A1

for whom

anyone
A1
somebody
A1
someone
A1
Vertalingen

chi
wen
quem
que
quién
wem

a quién

a chi

quien
qui
o que
o quê
quiénes
che
Frequentie

B1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/huːm/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
whom
Overgenomen van Oudengels
hwām
Verwant aan Schots
wham
Verwant aan Duits
Duits
wem
Verwant aan Deens
hvem
Verwant aan Zweeds
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”).

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