No. 164 in Icelandic

hver

The Icelandic word "hver" means "who," "each," or "every," and can also refer to a "hot spring" in certain contexts.

In a sentence

Hver ertu?
Who are you?
Here, 'hver' is used as an interrogative pronoun to ask about someone's identity.
Ég heimsótti hver sem var.
I visited anyone.
In this sentence, 'hver' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'anyone' or 'any.'
Hver dagur færir ný tækifæri.
Every day brings new opportunities.
Here, 'hver' functions as a determiner meaning 'every' to indicate all individual instances of a group.

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