Is there a word for a sexually-inexperienced man/boy – like how virgin is for a woman/girl?
I'm from Norway, and here the word svenn is used for males who have yet to sleep with someone. Although jomfru (virgin) is also more and more used on males.
Svenn is also used for a person who's been studying (often a craft) under a master, and will soon become a master himself. I guess apprentice would be a good translation, although a svenn may himself have younger boys beneath him, whom he instructs in the craft.
Svenn is also used in peppersvenn (an unmarried man 30 years old or older), as opposed to peppermø (mø = maid)(an unmarried woman 30 years old or older).
So is there a "male" version of virgin – and perhaps a male-specific word for losing his virginity?
Best Answer
Virgin is used to refer to a person who has never had sex or a person who has no experience in a particular activity. This person can be male or female.