I ask as a butch lesbian (enby) myself. In Swedish, we have: truckflata or butchflata.
I suck at all 3 languages, but for femme I've just seen femmeflata.
I think it's just Butch and Femme in German, but I'm still kinda learning that.
Lesbians in German is lesben and in Swedish, it's "lesbiska" or "flator".
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rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 144d
heritage language, norwegian, traktorlesbe is "butch". i am a butch would be "jeg er en traktorlesbe" or "jeg er ei traktorlesbe".
helix@feddit.org · 3 pts · 144d
Why a tractor?
rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 143d
apparently referring to them wearing manly working clothes, like ones farmers/tractor riders would wear maybe?
rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 143d
oops. just realized it;'s apparently an insult
uKale@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 143d
Some people use it proudly about themselves, but if somebody who doesn't love and respect you use it about you, it can be an insult.
rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 143d
ohhhh ok, i get it now
gjoel@programming.dev · 3 pts · 143d
Only Danish expression I know is decades old and probably not adopted by the lesbian community (hardly flattering), but that is "beton lebbe", where beton means concrete, liking the women to very butch female construction workers, if I'm not mistaken.
SaneMartigan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
In Australia I've heard Diesel Dykes and Lipstick Lesbians.
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
I only know few derogatory terms in Finnish.
"Lepakko"
"Rekkalesbo"
ttayh@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 143d
Funny, trucker lesbians in Brazil
Klarinette245@feddit.org · 1 pts · 140d
Olá!
Vandalismo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 140d
Butchs are "caminhoneiras" which mean "truck drivers", but i don't think there is a specific hegemonic term for femme lesbians
Klarinette245@feddit.org · 2 pts · 140d
Brasileiro? Olá! Estou aprendendo o português!
BeckyStjerne@nord.pub · 3 pts · 140d
Já falo português. Oi, galera
Klarinette245@feddit.org · 3 pts · 140d
Olááá, tudo bem??
Vandalismo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Que jeito bom de começar uma conversa, falando sobre caminhoneiras!
Klarinette245@feddit.org · 1 pts · 139d
Kkkkkkk né?
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 140d
France:
Butch is now seen as more polite in younger / woke(*) circles. Camionneuse (truck drivers) is old and derogatory even though still in use.
Femmes are fem, a younger word. NO old word AFAIK. I guess previous generations didn't care as much / were aroused.
Lesbiennes. Older / derogative term was "broutte minou" ~ kitty grazer (and sounds about as cringy in both languages, definitely the older generations were aroused).
(*) I mean that in its original / positive use.
Edit : for men mostly English words are used (gay, top/bottom, bear/cub....)
undrwater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
Daughter calls herself dyke ("I'm a dyke on a bike!").
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 1 pts · 143d
In Québécois French :
Butch : enby (I guess, but I’m not sure)
Lesbienne: lesbians
Not sure what is Femme so I will not pronounce myself.
Since with not that far from New York and Montreal is (was ?) a big sanctuary city we used mostly (American) English terms in vernacular French
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 3 pts · 143d
Enby is a nonbinary person. At least in English.
N.B, get it?
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 2 pts · 143d
Ha yes I’ve heard this one. Thanks for pointing my mistake
So enby : non-binaire, une personne non-binaire
Butch would be the same but we use (and prefer) lesbienne