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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tjejkompis	tjejkompisen	tjejkompisar	tjejkompisarna
Genitive	tjejkompis	tjejkompisens	tjejkompisars	tjejkompisarnas

See also

• killkompis (“male friend”)

References

• tjejkompis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)