How to pronounce ÄPPLARÖ, and what it means
ÄPPLARÖ is the name of an IKEA outdoor furniture. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
ÄPPLARÖ
EP-lah-rur
- Product
- Outdoor furniture
- Shares its name with
- Äpplarö, an island in the Stockholm archipelago.
How to say ÄPPLARÖ
Say EP-lah-rur, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice.
The sounds to watch in ÄPPLARÖ:
- Ä is like the e in bed, a little more open before r: "air".
- Ö is like the vowel in fur or bird (without the r), said with rounded lips.
- A double consonant (ck counts as kk) makes the vowel before it short and the consonant held a little longer.
Our guide to Swedish pronunciation explains these sounds in more detail, and the Swedish keyboard lets you type å, ä and ö.
Why it is called ÄPPLARÖ
Many IKEA products are named after real places in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Sofas and armchairs typically get Swedish place names, beds Norwegian ones and rugs Danish ones.
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