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* '''Förförälder.''' Neutral, nonstandard but will be understood. Means grandparent. | * '''Förförälder.''' Neutral, nonstandard but will be understood. Means grandparent. Förförälder can be used both as a collective word for grandparents, but also to designate a parent's parent as gender-neutral. Förföräldrar also serves as an alternative word to förfäder (forefathers). Förförälder is not included in modern dictionaries, but förföräldrar are mentioned in SAOB (The Swedish Academy's dictionary). | ||
* '''Förför.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means grandy/grandma/grandpa. | * '''Förför.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means grandy/grandma/grandpa. Förför ought to be pronounced with "short ö:s" to not confuse it with the word "förför" which means "seduce" (which is pronounced with s short first ö and long second ö). Förför is an alternative that fits well together in the pattern of mormor (maternal mother, standard), farmor (paternal mother, standard), morfar (maternal father, standard) and farfar (paternal father, standard). | ||
* '''Morför.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means maternal grandparent. | * '''Morför.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means maternal grandparent. | ||
* '''Farför.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means paternal grandparent. | * '''Farför.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means paternal grandparent. | ||
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* '''Lillasyskon/Storasyskon.''' Neutral, standard. Means little sibling(s)/big sibling(s). | * '''Lillasyskon/Storasyskon.''' Neutral, standard. Means little sibling(s)/big sibling(s). | ||
* '''Yngre syskon/Äldre syskon.''' Neutral, standard. Means younger sibling(s)/older sibling(s). | * '''Yngre syskon/Äldre syskon.''' Neutral, standard. Means younger sibling(s)/older sibling(s). | ||
* '''Föräldrasyskon/försyskon.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means pibling(s)/parent’s sibling(s). Föräldrasyskon and försyskon can be used both as a collective word for one's parents' sibling(s) and to designate a parent's sibling(s) as gender-neutral. Försyskon is | * '''Föräldrasyskon/försyskon.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means pibling(s)/parent’s sibling(s). Föräldrasyskon and försyskon can be used both as a collective word for one's parents' sibling(s) and to designate a parent's sibling(s) as gender-neutral. Försyskon is an alternative that fits well together in the pattern of moster (maternal sister, standard), faster (paternal sister, standard), morbror (maternal brother, standard) and farbror (paternal brother, standard). | ||
* '''Morssyskon.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means mother’s sibling(s). | * '''Morssyskon.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means mother’s sibling(s). | ||
* '''Farssyskon.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means father’s sibling(s). | * '''Farssyskon.''' Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means father’s sibling(s). | ||
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* '''Vuxen.''' Neutral, standard. Means adult. | * '''Vuxen.''' Neutral, standard. Means adult. | ||
* '''Gamling.''' Neutral, standard. Means elderly. | * '''Gamling.''' Neutral, standard. Means elderly person. | ||
* '''Gudbarn.''' Neutral, standard. Means godchild. | |||
* '''Gudförälder/Fadder'''. Neutral, standard. Means godparent. | |||
* '''Vännen.''' Neutral, standard. Means "the friend" but can be used as a gender-neutral alternativ to gumma respektive gubbe, which are juvenile terms alike English's buddy/kid. (While gumma and gubbe can be used in a juvenile way, they also mean old-woman and old-man respectively) | |||
* '''Hemmapartner, hemmaförälder.''' Neutral, standard. Means housepartner/housespouse and stay-at-home parent. | * '''Hemmapartner, hemmaförälder.''' Neutral, standard. Means housepartner/housespouse and stay-at-home parent. | ||
* '''Änkeperson.''' Neutral, standard. Means widowed person. | * '''Änkeperson.''' Neutral, standard. Means widowed person. | ||
* '''Tronföljare.''' Neutral, standard. Means crown-successor. | * '''Tronföljare.''' Neutral, standard. Means crown-successor. | ||
* '''Prin, kronprin.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means princess/prince and crownprincess/crownprince. | * '''Prin, kronprin.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means princess/prince and crownprincess/crownprince. Prin provides a completely gender-neutral alternative to princess and prince. It can be used to designate a royal person's child or consort as gender-neutral. The married partner of a prin is called pringemål. Kronprin is used to designate a royal heir as gender-neutral. | ||
* '''Regent/Monark.''' Neutral, standard. | * '''Regent/Monark/Majestät.''' Neutral, standard. Means regnant, monarch, majesty, queen/king. | ||
* '''Regentgemål.''' Neutral, standard. Means regnant consort. | |||
* '''Ni!/Hörrni!/Folk!.''' Neutral, standard. Means “you” and “folk(s)”, can be used when calling multiple people instead of saying girls and/or guys. | * '''Ni!/Hörrni!/Folk!.''' Neutral, standard. Means “you” and “folk(s)”, can be used when calling multiple people instead of saying girls and/or guys. | ||
* ''' Ärade/kära publik/gäster/vänner/folk.''' Neutral, standard. Gender-inclusive way of saying “ladies & gentlemen”. | * ''' Ärade/kära publik/gäster/vänner/folk.''' Neutral, standard. Gender-inclusive way of saying “ladies & gentlemen”. | ||