hvi

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (archaic), Swedish vi (archaic), English why.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viːˀ/, [ˈʋiˀ]
  • Homophone: vig

Adverb

hvi

  1. (archaic or poetic) why

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hví; cognate with Icelandic hví, Faroese hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi , Old English hwi (English why).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʋi]

Adverb

hvi

  1. (archaic or poetic) why
    Men hvi skal jeg være så hardt beklemt?
    But why should I be so very anxious?

Synonyms

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