Faroese

Pronoun

hvørs m, n

1. whose, genitive singular masculine form of hvør
2. whose, genitive singular form of hvat

Declension

Usage notes

The genitive form is rare. For instance

hvørs bátur er hetta? - whose boat is this?

sounds somewhat stilted. Common would be an expression like

hvør eigur henda bátin? - who owns this boat?

Usage as a relative pronoun in formal written style can look like this:

Ísland, hvørs fíggjarstøða er ring ... - Iceland, whose financial situation is bad ...

Derived terms

• hvørsfall (genitive)

References

• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 126)