drengekæreste
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dreng (“boy”) + -e- + kæreste (“girl-/boyfriend”)
Noun
[edit]drengekæreste
- boyfriend
- 2016, Garth Risk Hallberg, translated by Mich Vraa, Byen brænder, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... det var først da kunstneren mødte op sammen med sin drengekæreste at det gik op for hende at han var bøsse.
- ... it was only when the artist arrived with his boyfriend that she realized that he was gay.
- 2014, Dan Fante, translated by Rasmus Hastrup, Fante, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- Så tvang Fede Mel mig til at høre på tyve minutter med limousineanekdoter, hvoraf en handlede om en machoskuespiller, der dyrkede sex med sin drengekæreste på bagsædet.
- Then, Fat Mel forced me to listen to twenty minutes of limousine anecdotes, one of which was about a macho actor having sex with his boyfriend on the backseat.
- 2015, Gabrielle Zevin, translated by Rasmus Hastrup, Historien om A.J. Fikrys liv, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... og sit skulderlange hår, der så ud, som om det var blevet klippet i køkkenet af hendes kæreste. Pigekæreste? Nej, drengekæreste, beslutter han.
- ... and her shoulder-length hair, which looked as though it had been cut in the kitchen by her significant other. Girlfriend? No, boyfriend, he decides.
Usage notes
[edit]Only used when the gender is significant, otherwise the gender-neutral kæreste is used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of drengekæreste
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | drengekæreste | drengekæresten | drengekærester | drengekæresterne |
genitive | drengekærestes | drengekærestens | drengekæresters | drengekæresternes |