How to pronounce TIMSFORS, and what it means
TIMSFORS is the name of an IKEA armchair. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
TIMSFORS
TIMS-forsh
- Product
- Armchair
- Shares its name with
- Timsfors, a village in Markaryd municipality, Småland.
How to say TIMSFORS
Say TIMS-forsh, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice.
The sounds to watch in TIMSFORS:
- Rs is pronounced as one sound, close to English sh (in most of Sweden).
- O is often a long "oo" (as in food), sometimes a short "o" as in hot.
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 TIMSFORS
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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