Are any Swedish and Norwegians here?

JGoldman10 · Posts: 854

HI-are any Norwegians and Swedish people here? I'm doing research for a project and I'd like some some help with some info on these culutres, and and some help with Engish to Norwegian and English to Swedish translations?

Please let me know. Very Happy

saab · Posts: 102

I am Swedish. Also I know some Norwegian and I am very good in Danish.

JGoldman10 · Posts: 854

saab wrote:

I am Swedish. Also I know some Norwegian and I am very good in Danish.

Hi saab-nice to meet you. Can you please help me out with Norwegian and Swedish slang? Very Happy

saab · Posts: 102

Only to certain extent - I really don´t know Norwegian slang and use very little myself in Swedish, but let us try I can always ask people around me who know more.

Why do you want to know slang for a research project?

JGoldman10 · Posts: 854

saab wrote:

Only to certain extent - I really don´t know Norwegian slang and use very little myself in Swedish, but let us try I can always ask people around me who know more.

Why do you want to know slang for a research project?

Hi saab-I'm writing a book. Very Happy

saab · Posts: 102

Him
just give me a list of the words you need and I`ll translate them.

JGoldman10 · Posts: 854

saab wrote:

Him
just give me a list of the words you need and I`ll translate them.

HI. Hello. I am interested in and am doing research on Norwegian and Swedish youth, street and college slang for a project I'm working on.

I'd like to know:

What are Swedish and Norwegian slang terms and expressions for:

tough guy
tomboy
tough girl
tough woman
guy prone to fighting
girl prone to fighting
woman prone to fighting
delinquent girl
delinquent boy
cool guy
cool girl
gangster
punk
wild girl
wild boy
powerfully-built male
powerfully-built female
strong guy
strong girl
strong woman
Please let me know and please list as many Norwegian and Swedish slang terms and expressions as possible. Thank you. Very Happy

RexRed · Posts: 7279 Location: Elysian Fields

My Norwegian ancestry goes back to the 1600's

saab · Posts: 102

The words you gave me are not really slang, but part of a normal language. Do you want them to be translated like that or in slang?
Then if slang it depends on the speaker`s age and also the group the speaker belongs to. I´ll do my best S stands for Swedish, N for Norwegian

tough guy S tuffing - modig (courageous) - djärv (bold)
N töffing - töff karl
tomboy S pojkflicka
tough girl N töff jente
S tuffing but I don´t really feel it is good in connection with a
girl
tough woman S+N there are several words depending on her caracter
guy prone to fighting S slagskämpe - not slang - can only be used about men
girl prone to fighting cannot find any word for this as a rule women were not prone to fight.
woman prone to fighting see above
delinquent girl S småbrottsling
delinquent boy S småbrottsling
cool guy S tuff grabb
cool girl S tuff tjej
gangster S+N gangster
punk S+N punk
wild girl S tuff - framfusig (pushing, pert)
wild boy S - see above
powerfully-built male S kraftfull man N kraftig bygget karl / mann
powerfully-built female S kraftfull kvinna/tjef N kraftig bygget kvinde/jente
strong guy S tuff/ självsäker (self-confident) stark (strong)
N stärk mann/gut

strong girl/woman S. see above
N. stärk jente/woman

Derevon · Posts: 321 Location: Sweden

Actually, we don't use that many slang words of this kind in Sweden. In fact, I wouldn't call even one of the words above slang. Most of them are formal words and descriptions, and the rest of them are informal, but could be used by just about anyone. This is not "street language" in any way.

I'm sorry, but I think you'll have a very hard time finding anything useful in this area.

You could take a look at this slang dictionary though:

Leonis Slanglexikon

It's in Swedish, but I'm sure you should be able to figure out how to use it.

I have just one suggestion of my own as far as your list of words go:

powerfully-built male - biff