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

• IPA^(key): /ɧʊkˈlɑː(d)/
• (light /ɧ/ variant) IPA^(key): [ʂʊkˈlɑːd]

  • Audio (Gotland):

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• 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. This usage is nonstandard however.

Declension

Declension of choklad
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	choklad	chokladen	choklader	chokladerna
Genitive	choklads	chokladens	chokladers	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 (SO)
• choklad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• choklad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)