Значение

значений: 5
  1. What person or people; which person or people.

    (официальное, interrogative, часто)As the object of a verb.

    Whom did you ask?

    wen, wem

    кого́kovó, кому́komú, кемkem

    кого́kohó, кому́komú, кого́kohó

  2. (официальное, interrogative, часто)As the object of a preposition.

    To whom are you referring?

    With whom were you talking?

    dem, der, den

    кото́рогоkotórovo, кото́ромуkotóromu, кото́рымkotórym

    ко́трогоkótroho

  3. (официальное, часто, relative)Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.

    That is the woman whom I spoke to earlier. (defining)

    Mr Smith, whom we all know well, will be giving the speech. (non-defining)

  4. (официальное, часто)The person(s) whom; whomever.

    To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.

  5. (официальное, разговорное, часто)Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

    Whom was Lemmy bassist for? Motörhead!

Примеры

предложений: 509
  1. Who shot whom?

    deWer hat auf wen geschossen?

  2. By whom was the island discovered?

    Кем был открыт остров?

    ukХто відкрив цей острів?

  3. By whom was this picture painted?

    Кем была написана эта картина?

  4. With whom are you eating lunch?

    С кем ты обедаешь?

  5. From whom did you learn that?

    От кого ты это узнал?

    ukВід кого ти цьому навчився?

    deVon wem hast du das gelernt?

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 3
what person; object of a verb (accusative):
what person or people, object of a preposition (dative):
relative pronoun (object):
Русский
По значениям 2
what person; object of a verb (accusative):
relative pronoun (object):
Deutsch
По значениям 3
what person; object of a verb (accusative):
what person or people, object of a preposition (dative):
relative pronoun (object):

Происхождение

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai,

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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