Breakdown of Það er enginn dæmigerður stíll af því að hver og einn er öðruvísi.
vera
to be
það
it / there (existential) / the one (n)
af því að
because
enginn
no one / nobody / no (m/f)
öðruvísi
different
stíllinn
the style
hver og einn
each and every one
dæmigerður
typical
Questions & Answers about Það er enginn dæmigerður stíll af því að hver og einn er öðruvísi.
Why do we use the masculine forms hver and einn in this sentence?
They refer back to the masculine noun stíll (style). The phrase hver og einn means "each and every one", but here it specifically means "each and every style". Therefore, both pronouns must agree with the noun's gender and case, which is nominative masculine singular here.
How does the phrase hver og einn change if it refers to a feminine or neuter noun?
Both words decline independently to match the gender and case of the noun they represent. For a feminine noun in the nominative case, it becomes hver og ein. For a neuter noun, it becomes hvert og eitt. They also change if the sentence structure puts them into a different case like the accusative or dative.
Why use enginn here instead of ekki to say "there is no typical style"?
When stating that something does not exist ("there is no X"), Icelandic uses the negative pronoun enginn (no / none) rather than the adverb ekki (not). Because stíll is a masculine noun in the nominative case, the pronoun takes the matching form enginn, and the adjective takes the form dæmigerður.
Why doesn't the adjective öðruvísi change form to match the masculine subject?
The word öðruvísi is an indeclinable adjective. It is one of a handful of adjectives in Icelandic that never change their spelling, remaining exactly the same regardless of the gender, number, or case of the noun they describe.
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