How to pronounce TRYSIL, and what it means
TRYSIL is the name of an IKEA bedroom furniture. Here is how Swedes say it, and what the name means.
Place name
TRYSIL
TREW-sil
- Product
- Bedroom furniture
- Shares its name with
- Trysil, a municipality in eastern Norway, known for skiing.
How to say TRYSIL
Say TREW-sil, stressing the syllable in capitals. The Listen button reads it with your device's Swedish voice. TRYSIL is not a Swedish place, so locals say it the Norwegian way; the respelling gives the Swedish reading.
The sounds to watch in TRYSIL:
- Y is a vowel: say "ee" with your lips rounded tightly, as if to whistle.
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 TRYSIL
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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