flicka

Swedish

en flicka

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪkːˌa/
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Etymology 1

    Attested since 1591. Origin according to Nationalencyklopediens ordbok (NEO) is uncertain. Possibly related to the modern Swedish word flik (“flap, tab”) (and thus to the verb below); for a somewhat similar semantic parallel, note the unrelated English flapper.

    Compare also Rotwelsch German Flikk (“boy, lad”) attested by Scherffer in 1652.

    Noun

    flicka c

    1. a girl (female child or young woman)
      • 1979, Per Gessle, Mats Persson, “Flickorna på TV2 [The Girls on TV2]”‎[1]performed by Gyllene Tider:
        Kommer hem helt desperat. Har jobbat som fan. Sätter på TV2, sönderstressad av stan. Rapport med sport och väder. Snart är dom där. En blick som får mej att falla. Åh gud, jag tror jag är kär. Åhå åhå hå. Flickorna på TV2 – åhå hå. Flickorna på TV2 – åhå hå. Det är ni som får jorden att gå runt. Mittemellan två program får dom en minut. Jag sitter i min soffa. Mina läppar putar ut. Jag låter mej förföras. Jag frustar som en tjur. Åh, flickorna på TV2, ni har gjort mej till ett djur. Åhå åhå hå ... [as before]. Tänk att få sätta på TV2 – åhå hå. Tänk att få sätta på flickorna på TV2 – åhå hå. Tänk att få sätta på TV2 – åhå hå. Tänk att få sätta på flickorna på TV2.
        Come home totally desperate. Have worked my ass off. Turn on TV2 [former name of SVT2, a television channel], broken by the stress of the city [broken-stressed by the city]. Rapport [a news program] with sports and weather. Soon they will be there. A gaze that makes me [gets me to] fall. Oh God, I think I'm in love. Oh-ho oh-ho ho. The girls on TV2 – oh-ho ho. The girls on TV2 – oh-ho ho. You are the ones [it is you] who make the world go round. In between two programs they get one minute. I'm sitting on my couch. My lips are pouting out. I let myself be seduced. I snort like a bull. Oh, the girls on TV2, you have made me into an animal. Oh-ho oh-ho ho ... [as before]. Imagine getting to turn on TV2 – oh-ho ho. Imagine getting to bang / turn on [in the TV sense] the girls on TV2 [pun, with the sexual sense as the strong, immediate association] – oh-ho ho. Imagine getting to turn on TV2 – oh-ho ho. Imagine getting to bang / turn on [in the TV sense] the girls on TV2.
    Declension
    Declension of flicka
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite flicka flickas
    definite flickan flickans
    plural indefinite flickor flickors
    definite flickorna flickornas
    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Finnish: likka, flikka, plikka
    See also

    Etymology 2

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From flik (“flap”); compare etymology 1.

      Verb

      flicka (present flickar, preterite flickade, supine flickat, imperative flicka)

      1. to repair, to patch (e.g. shoes)
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of flicka (weak)
      active passive
      infinitive flicka flickas
      supine flickat flickats
      imperative flicka —
      imper. plural1 flicken —
      present past present past
      indicative flickar flickade flickas flickades
      ind. plural1 flicka flickade flickas flickades
      subjunctive2 flicke flickade flickes flickades
      present participle flickande
      past participle flickad

      1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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