hver

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hverr (“who, each”), from Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“which”), *hwarjazuh (“each”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk kven (“who”), kvar (“each”), Swedish vars (“whose”), varje (“each”) Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ƕarjis, “which”), 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 (ƕarjizuh, “each”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛːˀr/, [ˈʋɛˀɐ̯], [ˈʋɛɐ̯ˀ], [ʋɛɐ̯] Homophones: vejr, vær, værd === Pronoun === hver (neuter hvert) (determiner) every, each (pronoun) everyone ==== Derived terms ==== enhver hverdag i hvert fald hver sin === References === “hver” in Den Danske Ordbog == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== hvör, hvor (archaic, obsolete) hvur (dated, literary, eye dialect) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈkʰvɛːr], (dated) [ˈkʰvʏːr] IPA(key): [ˈkʰvœːr] (archaic, obsolete) ==== Pronoun ==== hver (feminine hver, neuter (used with a noun) hvert or (used alone) hvað) (interrogative) who, what (interrogative) which (referring to one or several of more than two things or persons) [with genitive noun phrase or af ‘of’] (interrogative, neuter singular) what, which part (referring to part of a mass or group of things or people considered collectively) [with af (+ dative) ‘of’] (relative) whichever (of more than two things or persons) [with genitive noun (optionally) phrase or af ‘of’, along with relative clause] (relative, neuter singular) whatever [with genitive noun (optionally) phrase or af ‘of’, along with relative clause] (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) ===== Usage notes ===== The neuter form hvað is used with senses 1, 3, and 5, hvert with the others. Compare also hvor, hvort (“which (of two)”). ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hver”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “hver”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “hver” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse hverr, from Proto-Germanic *hweraz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈkʰvɛːr] Rhymes: -ɛːr ==== Noun ==== hver m (genitive singular hvers, nominative plural hverir or (archaic) hverar) hot spring Synonyms: laug, heit laug ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== goshver ===== See also ===== lind heitur pottur pottur == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish hver. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋæːr/ Homophone: vær Rhymes: -æːr === Determiner === hver (neuter form hvert) each every ==== Derived terms ==== annenhver hverdag === See also === kvar (Nynorsk) === References === “hver” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Noun === hver accusative singular of hverr === Pronoun === hver inflection of hverr: feminine nominative singular neuter nominative/accusative plural