German

Noun

Backfisch m ‎(genitive Backfisches or Backfischs, plural Backfische)

1. a baked or fried fish, or a fish intended for baking or frying
2. (humorous, becoming dated) a teenage girl

Declension

Descendants

• English: backfisch

English

Noun

backfisch ‎(plural backfische or backfisches)

1. A teenage or late-adolescent girl.
   • 1955, I knew, of course, it was but an innocent game on her part, a bit of backfisch foolery in imitation of some simulacrum of fake romance… (Nabokov, Lolita)

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from German Backfisch, used in Swedish in the first two-thirds of the 20th century, but removed from more recent editions of SAOL.

Noun

backfisch c

1. (dated) a backfisch

Declension

Related terms

• backfischfasoner
• backfischåldern

Synonyms

• flicksnärta

References

• backfisch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• backfisch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (9th ed., 5th printing, 1954)
• backfisch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (10th ed., 1st printing, 1973)