How to pronounce NOCKEBY, and what it means
NOCKEBY is the name of an IKEA sofa. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
NOCKEBY
NOCK-eh-bew
- Product
- Sofa
- Shares its name with
- Nockeby, a garden-suburb district in Bromma, western Stockholm.
How to say NOCKEBY
Say NOCK-eh-bew, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice.
The sounds to watch in NOCKEBY:
- Y is a vowel: say "ee" with your lips rounded tightly, as if to whistle.
- 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 NOCKEBY
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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