Vårt hus er størst i nabolaget.

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Breakdown of Vårt hus er størst i nabolaget.

• huset: the house
• i: in
• vårt: our

Questions & Answers about Vårt hus er størst i nabolaget.

Why is it vårt hus and not vår hus or våre hus?

In Norwegian, the possessive pronoun vår (“our”) changes form depending on the gender and number of the noun it describes:

• vår – with masculine and feminine singular nouns
  
  • vår bil = our car (masc.)
  • vår bok = our book (fem.)
• vårt – with neuter singular nouns
  
  • vårt hus = our house (neuter)
• våre – with plural nouns (all genders)
  
  • våre hus = our houses
  • våre biler = our cars

The noun hus is a neuter noun (et hus), so you must use vårt: vårt hus.
Vår hus would be wrong, and våre hus would mean “our houses” (plural).

Can I also say Huset vårt er størst i nabolaget? What is the difference?