vad

vad as an adverb

vad as a noun(ett vad)

vad in a sentence

• Vad är klockan?
  What time is it?
• Vad kostar fisken?
  How much is the fish?
• Vad heter du?
  What is your name?
• jag förstår inte vad du säger
  I don't understand what you are saying
• Vad snällt av dig!
  How kind of you!
• Vad dum jag är!
  How silly I am!
• vinna ett vad
  win a bet

Expressions

• va (el. vadå)?
  what?
• vad som helst
  whatever
• ska vi slå vad?
  do you want to bet on it?

Questions

Similar words

underbenva

Where the course teaches it

• Det versus den in Swedish
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish words for now, today, tomorrow
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish possessives: min and mitt
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Talking about the future with ska
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Basic Swedish greetings and farewells
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Vart versus var: two words for where
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Swedish hvat, hvadh, from Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

Nearby common words

vad is number 18 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 14han he
• 15som as
• 16om about, around
• 17med with, for
• 19var was, were
• 20mig me (objective case)
• 21här here
• 22dig you, you (singular objective case)