are you single

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

are you single?

1. Used to ask whether the interlocutor does or doesn't have a (romantic) partner.

Synonyms

• are you seeing anybody

Translations

familiar

• Azerbaijani: sən subaysan?, sevgilin var?
• Catalan: ets solter? m, ets soltera? f; que tens parella? (do you have a mate)
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: er du single?
• Dutch: ben je alleenstaand?
• Finnish: oletko sinkku?
• French: es-tu célibataire?
• German: bist du single?

  Alemannic German: bisch single?, bisch du single?

• Hungarian: (asking about any boyfriend) van barátod?, (asking about any girlfriend) van barátnőd?
• Icelandic: ertu einhleypur? m, ertu einhleyp? f
• Italian: sei single?, sei celibe? m, sei nubile? f
• Norwegian: er du single?
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ești singur? m, ești singură? f
• Spanish: ¿estás soltero? m, ¿estás soltera? f
• Swedish: är du singel?, äru singel (spoken and chat language)

polite

• Azerbaijani: siz subaysınız?, sevgiliniz var?
• Catalan: és solter? m, és soltera? f; que té parella? (do you have a mate)
• Czech: jste svobodný? m, jste svobodná? f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bent u alleenstaand?
• Finnish: oletteko parisuhteessa? (are you in a relationship), onko teillä poikaystävää? (do you have a boyfriend), onko teillä tyttöystävää? (do you have a girlfriend), oletteko sinkku? (colloquial)
• French: êtes-vous célibataire?
• German: sind Sie single?

  Alemannic German: sind Sii single?

• Hungarian: (any boyfriend) van barátja?, (any girlfriend) van barátnője?
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: você está solteiro? m, você está solteira? f
• Romanian: sunteți singur? m, sunteți singură? f
• Spanish: ¿está soltero? m, ¿está soltera? f
• Swedish: är du i ett förhållande (literally “are you in a relationship?”), har du en partner? (literally “do you have a partner?”), har du pojkvän? (literally “do you have a boyfriend?”), har du flickvän? (literally “do you have a girlfriend?”)

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 你單身嗎？／你单身吗？ (nǐ dānshēn ma?)

• Galician: ^{(please verify)} está solteiro? m
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} شما مجردید؟ (šomâ mojarradid?), ^{(please verify)} مجردی؟ (fa) (mojarradi?)

See also

• are you married