Swedish

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Etymology

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Either a back-formation from flörta (to flirt), borrowed from English flirt (verb), or directly from English flirt (noun).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈflœ̞ʈ]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[2]) IPA(key): [ˈflɵʈ]

Noun

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flört c

  1. A flirt, an act of flirting
  2. A "flirtee", a person that has been flirted with
    Jag och min nya flört Annika ska ut och äta.
    Me and my new flirtee Annika are going out to eat.

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References

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  1. ^ flört in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  2. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish فلورت (flört), from English flirt. First attested in 1900.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flört (definite accusative flörtü, plural flörtler)

  1. flirt

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative flört
Definite accusative flörtü
Singular Plural
Nominative flört flörtler
Definite accusative flörtü flörtleri
Dative flörte flörtlere
Locative flörtte flörtlerde
Ablative flörtten flörtlerden
Genitive flörtün flörtlerin

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