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

1. (informal, chiefly used by youths) female friend

   Han har ingen flickvän, utan bara tjejkompisar.

   He has no girlfriend, only female friends.

Declension

Declension of tjejkompis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tjejkompis	tjejkompis
	definite	tjejkompisen	tjejkompisens
plural	indefinite	tjejkompisar	tjejkompisars
	definite	tjejkompisarna	tjejkompisarnas

See also

• killkompis (“male friend”)

References

• tjejkompis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)