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*'''Respektive.''' Neutral. Means respective/significant other.
*'''Respektive.''' Neutral. Means respective/significant other.
*'''Hjärtevän.''' Neutral, standard but not frequently used. Means heartfriend and can be used as a gender-neutral alternative to "flickvän" (girlfriend) and "pojkvän" (boyfriend).
*'''Hjärtevän.''' Neutral, standard but not frequently used. Means heartfriend and can be used as a gender-neutral alternative to "flickvän" (girlfriend) and "pojkvän" (boyfriend).
''Enbyvän.''' Nonstandard, means "enbyfriend" and can be used as a non-binary alternative to "flickvän" (girlfriend) and "pojkvän" (boyfriend).
*'''Brudpartner.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means marrier/spouse-to-be/nearly-wed.
*'''Brudpartner.''' Neutral, nonstandard. Means marrier/spouse-to-be/nearly-wed.
*'''Fästpartner/fästperson/förlovade.''' Neutral, standard/nonstandard. Means betrothed/fiance.
*'''Fästpartner/fästperson/förlovade.''' Neutral, standard/nonstandard. Means betrothed/fiance.
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*'''Dejt.''' Neutral, standard. Means date.
*'''Dejt.''' Neutral, standard. Means date.
*'''Sällskap.''' Status-neutral and gender-neutral word for someone's accompanying person.
*'''Sällskap.''' Status-neutral and gender-neutral word for someone's accompanying person.
*'''Henvän.''' Nonstandard, means "theyfriend" and can be used as a non-binary alternative to "flickvän" (girlfriend) and "pojkvän" (boyfriend).
*'''Henvän.''' Nonstandard, means "theyfriend" (as in Swedish's gender-neutral third person singular pronoun, not as in Swedish's plural they) and can be used as a non-binary alternative to "flickvän" (girlfriend) and "pojkvän" (boyfriend).
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