Whether

Etymology
hwæþer:, from, comparative form of. Cognate with German weder:, Swedish hvar:, Icelandic hvorr:.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

 * 1)  Which of two.
 * 2) *1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXVII:
 * The debite answered and sayde unto them: whether of the twayne will ye that I lett loosse unto you?

Conjunction

 * 1)  Introducing a direct interrogative question (often with correlative or:) which indicates doubt between alternatives.
 * 2) *1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark II:
 * whether ys it easyer to saye to the sicke of the palsey, thy synnes ar forgeven the: or to saye, aryse, take uppe thy beed and walke?
 * 1) *1616, William Shakespeare, King John, I.i:
 * Whether hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge, [...] Or the reputed sonne of Cordelion?
 * 1) Used to introduce an indirect interrogative question that consists of multiple alternative possibilities (usually with correlative or:).
 * He chose the correct answer, but whether by luck or by skill I don't know.
 * 1) Without a correlative, used to introduce a simple indirect question; if, whether or not.
 * Do you know whether he's coming?
 * 1) Used to introduce a disjunctive adverbial clause which qualifies the main clause of the sentence (with correlative or:).
 * He's coming, whether you like it or not.

Translations

 * Arabic: إذا, سواء
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (usually not used), 是否
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: -ko / -kö (particle appended to the verb)
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: האם,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: かどうか,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: om, hvorvidt
 * Novial: ob
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: (uses question without any preceding conjuction)
 * Swedish:, ifall,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 是否
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: of .. of
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Korean: -든지 (-deun ji)
 * Macedonian: дали...или не (dáli...íli ne)
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Romanian: în orice caz
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ... (whether or not)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: n/a (different structure is used)
 * German:
 * Hebrew: באם,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: ...かどうか (かどうか, ka-dō-ka), ...か否か (かいなか, ka-ina-ka), ...や否や (やいなや, ya-ina-ya), ...か...か (...ka...ka)
 * Korean: 지 (ji)
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial: ob
 * Polish: czy ... czy
 * Russian: или (íli), или ... или (íli ... íli)
 * Scottish Gaelic: (uses question without any preceding conjuction)
 * Swedish:


 * : дали (dali)
 * : si ... ou, soit
 * : apakah ... atau tidak
 * : che ... no, se


 * : ...인지 어떤지 (...inji eoddeonji); for 1.: 지 (ji)
 * : se ... ou, se
 * : ori...ori, fie...sau
 * : či
 * : si ... o, si

Related terms

 * whethersoever

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