hver
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hverr (“who, each”), from Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hver
Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hverr, from Proto-Germanic *hweraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hver m (genitive singular hvers, nominative plural hverir or hverar)
Declension
Previously also declined according to the first declension, with plural hverar:
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hverr (from Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz) and *hver (from Proto-Germanic *hwaz), which were conflated in (late) Old Norse. Most of the inflected forms of *hwaz have since become obsolete, and what remains in form is essentially the descendant of *hwarjaz, but with an extra form for the neuter nominative and accusative singular: hvað from Old Norse hvat.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hver (feminine hver, neuter hvert or hvað)
- (interrogative) who, what
- (interrogative) which (referring to one or several of more than two things or persons; may be qualified by a noun phrase in genitive or a noun phrase with the preposition af (“of”))
- (interrogative, neuter singular) what, which part (referring to part of a mass or group of things or people considered collectively; may be qualified by a noun phrase with the preposition af (“of”))
- (relative) whichever (of more than two things or persons; followed by a relative clause; may be qualified by a noun phrase in genitive or a noun phrase with the preposition af (“of”))
- (relative, neuter singular) whatever (followed by a relative clause; may be qualified by a noun phrase with the preposition af (“of”))
- (relative, chiefly archaic) who, which, that (used in the forming of relative clauses)
- (indefinite) each, every
- Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)
- Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvizku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.
- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
- Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvizku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.
- Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)
Declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | hver | hver | hvert / hvað |
accusative | hvern | hverja | hvert / hvað |
dative | hverjum | hverri | hverju |
genitive | hvers | hverrar | hvers |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hverjir | hverjar | hver |
accusative | hverja | hverjar | hver |
dative | hverjum | hverjum | hverjum |
genitive | hverra | hverra | hverra |
The neuter form hvað is used with senses 1 and 3, hvert with others.
Derived terms
- hvers konar? (how? what kind of?)
- hvers vegna? (why?)
- hver sem er (whoever)
- annar hver (every other one)
- hver af öðrum/hver eftir annan (one after the other)
- eins og hver annar (like everybody else)
- af hverju
- sinn er siður í landi hverju
- ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi
- leika við hvern sinn fingur
- hæla á hvert reipi
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Determiner
hver (neuter form hvert)
- each
- Hvert barn fikk et stykke sjokolade.
- Each child got a piece of chocolate.
- every
- Vi drar dit hver uke.
- We go there every week.
Derived terms
See also
- kvar (Nynorsk)
References
- “hver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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