kompis
Kompis is a Swedish noun meaning friend, buddy, or mate, used in informal speech to refer to someone with whom the speaker has a close or familiar relationship. It is gender-neutral and commonly used among peers, especially among youths and in casual settings. It can be used as direct address, as in hej kompis, or to refer to a person in a group, e.g., min kompis or mina kompisar.
Origin and etymology: The word is of Germanic origin, likely borrowed from the German Kumpel or Kumpan
Usage and nuance: Kompis conveys informality and camaraderie. It signals a casual, egalitarian relationship rather than
Regional and cross-language notes: In Norwegian, kompis has the same meaning and is used similarly; in Danish,