How to pronounce KULLEN, and what it means
KULLEN is the name of an IKEA chest of drawers. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
KULLEN
KULL-en
- Product
- Chest of drawers
- Shares its name with
- Kullen, a peninsula in north-west Skåne with the Kullaberg nature reserve. As a word, kullen means "the hill".
How to say KULLEN
Say KULL-en, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice.
The sounds to watch in KULLEN:
- U is not English u: long, it is like "ew" with very rounded lips; short, a quick, rounded sound.
- 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 KULLEN
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.
Sources
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