väninna

== Swedish == === Etymology === vän +‎ -inna. === Pronunciation === === Noun === väninna c a female friend (usually of a female, and usually of adult and fairly close-knit friendship) (now rare) a mistress (of a man) Synonym: älskarinna ==== Usage notes ==== Having a väninna sounds feminine. A female friend of a male would usually just be called a "(kvinnlig) vän" ((female) friend). Though rare in contemporary Swedish and likely to be misunderstood, a väninna of a man can also mean a mistress. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== tjejkompis === References === “väninna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “väninna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “väninna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)