Pojken

Pojken is the definite form of the Swedish noun pojke, meaning "the boy." It is a common gender noun used to refer to a male child who is known or identifiable in context. The indefinite singular is en pojke; the definite singular is pojken. The plural forms are pojkar (indefinite) and pojkarna (definite). The definite form is created by adding the suffix -en to the stem, a typical feature of Swedish noun morphology.

In usage, pojken appears in everyday speech, literature, journalism, and education to refer to a specific boy. It functions as a regular noun and can serve as subject, object, or within phrases with prepositions. The word is common in both spoken and written Swedish and can appear in titles, headlines, or descriptive text.

Etymology: pojke is a native Swedish word; its precise historical origin is not detailed here, but it belongs to the Nordic Germanic linguistic tradition, sharing conventions with other Swedish words for "boy" and their definite forms. The feminine form is flicka, with definite flickan; the plural of flicka is flickor, with definite flickorna.