Okkar

Okkar is a form in Icelandic grammar that functions as the first-person plural possessive determiner, translating to "our" in English. It is used to mark possession when the possessor is the speaker and the possessed noun is definite. In typical Icelandic noun phrases, the possessed noun is followed by its possessive determiner, for example, húsið okkar meaning "our house," where húsið is the definite noun “the house” and okkar indicates ownership by "us."

The form agrees with the possessed noun in number and definite form, but it does not change with the person of the possessor. It is one of several possessive determiners in Icelandic, paired with other persons such as mín (my), þín (your), hans/hennar (his/her), and þeirra (their). Okkar is most commonly encountered in everyday speech and contemporary writing, and it follows the general Icelandic pattern in which possessive determiners come after the noun they modify when the noun is definite.

Etymology traces back to Old Norse okkr, and the modern Icelandic form okkar reflects typical North Germanic development of possessive pronouns and determiners. In addition to its grammatical function, the term appears in dictionaries and language-learning materials as an example of a possessive determiner used with definite nouns.