Swedish pronoun· top 100 most common
vem
who/vɛmː/
Meaning
who
In Swedish: vilken person
Practise vem
1 / 1What does vem mean?
vem in a sentence
- jag såg vem som komI saw who came
- Vem är hon?Who is she?
- Vems bok är detta?anybody, anyone you like
- Vem är du?Who are you?
- Vem frågade du?Whom did you ask?
Questions
What does vem mean in English?
vem means “who”.
Where the course teaches it
- The Swedish pronoun man for general statementsComplete Swedish – Season 1
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- The Swedish relative pronoun somComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish passive voice with -sComplete Swedish – Season 2
- The Swedish verb tro (to believe)Complete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Nearby common words
vem is number 86 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

