choklad

Swedish

choklad

kexchoklad ["cracker/biscuit/wafer chocolate" (wafer is more specifically rån) – Kit Kat-style chocolate]

varm choklad [hot chocolate]

en chokladfontän [a chocolate fountain]

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /ɧʊkˈlɑː(d)/, /ʂʊkˈlɑː(d)/
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ʃukˈlɑːd/

  • Audio (Gotland); “en choklad” /ɛn ʂʊkˈlɑːd/:

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːd, -ɑː

Noun

choklad c

1. (countable, uncountable) chocolate

   chokladkaka

   chocolate bar / cake

   chokladbit

   piece of chocolate

   Livet är som en chokladask

   Life is like a box of chocolates

   dricka varm choklad

   drink hot chocolate

   chokladfontän

   chocolate fountain

   chokladdoppade jordgubbar

   chocolate-dipped strawberries

   • 1910, Ludvig Nordström, Herrar, Bonnier, page 171:

     på lager hade firman prima lybsk medvurst, nissamatolja, finaste teer och choklader, edamerost, krystalliserad vanilj och champignoner

     in store, the firm had fine Lübeck meat sausages, Nice oil, the finest teas and chocolates, Edam cheese, crystallized vanilla and mushrooms

Usage notes

Choklad is treated as a neuter noun with the definite singular chokladet in some dialects, particularly in the south of Sweden.

Declension

Declension of choklad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	choklad	choklads
	definite	chokladen	chokladens
plural	indefinite	choklader	chokladers
	definite	chokladerna	chokladernas

Derived terms

• chokladask
• chokladbit
• chokladboll
• chokladbrun
• chokladfontän
• chokladfärgad
• chokladglass
• chokladkaka
• chokladkartong
• chokladkräm
• chokladkyss
• chokladmousse
• chokladplatta
• chokladpralin
• chokladpudding
• chokladrippel
• chokladsmak
• chokladsås
• chokladtårta
• mjölkchoklad
• varm choklad

Descendants

• → Finnish: suklaa

See also

• kladdkaka
• pralin

References

• “choklad”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “choklad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “choklad”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)