hvorvidt

Norwegian Bokmål

Conjunction

hvorvidt

  1. whether (Without a correlative, used to introduce a simple indirect question; if, whether or not.)
    Jeg vet ikke hvorvidt hun liker å stå på ski (eller ikke).
    I do not know whether she likes to ski (or not).
  2. whether (Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities)
    Han bestod prøven, hvorvidt det var flaks eller ferdigheter vet jeg ikke
    He passed the test, whether it was luck or skills I don't know.

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