drengekæreste

Danish

Etymology

dreng (“boy”) +‎ -e- +‎ kæreste (“girl-/boyfriend”)

Noun

drengekæreste

1. 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

Only used when the gender is significant, otherwise the gender-neutral kæreste is used.

Declension

Declension of drengekæreste

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drengekæreste	drengekæresten	drengekærester	drengekæresterne
genitive	drengekærestes	drengekærestens	drengekæresters	drengekæresternes