How to pronounce ASKVOLL, and what it means
ASKVOLL is the name of an IKEA bedroom furniture. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
ASKVOLL
AHSK-voll
- Product
- Bedroom furniture
- Shares its name with
- Askvoll, a coastal municipality in Sunnfjord, western Norway.
How to say ASKVOLL
Say AHSK-voll, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice. ASKVOLL is not a Swedish place, so locals say it the Norwegian way; the respelling gives the Swedish reading.
The sounds to watch in ASKVOLL:
- O is often a long "oo" (as in food), sometimes a short "o" as in hot.
- 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 ASKVOLL
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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