Verkefnisins

Verkefnisins is the definite genitive singular form of the Icelandic noun verkefni, meaning project, task, or assignment. It is used to express possession or association with a particular project, roughly translating as "the project’s" or "of the project." The indefinite genitive form is typically verkefnis, while the definite form adds an ending that marks it as referring to a known project within the sentence.

In practice, you will see verkefnisins in formal texts such as reports, contracts, and academic writing. Examples include takmarkanir verkefnisins (the project’s limitations) and framlag verkefnisins (the project’s contribution). The construction follows Icelandic possessive/genitive patterns, where a definite noun phrase is followed by the genitive form of another noun to indicate possession or relation, or simply as a genitive noun in apposition.

Note that verkefnisins is not a proper noun; it is a common noun form, used whenever the speaker refers to a specific project previously identified in the discourse. Spelling is the same in standard Icelandic orthography, with capitalization only at sentence start or for proper nouns.

See also: verkefni; possessive/genitive constructions in Icelandic; Icelandic grammar resources.