tjejkompis
Swedish
Etymology
tjej (“girl”) + kompis (“pal, friend”). Contrast flickvän (“girlfriend”), where the situation is much like that of girlfriend as opposed to female friend in English.
Noun
tjejkompis c
- (informal, chiefly used by youths) female friend
- Han har ingen flickvän, utan bara tjejkompisar.
- He has no girlfriend, only female friends.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tjejkompis | tjejkompis |
| definite | tjejkompisen | tjejkompisens | |
| plural | indefinite | tjejkompisar | tjejkompisars |
| definite | tjejkompisarna | tjejkompisarnas |
See also
- killkompis (“male friend”)