karamell

See also: Karamell

Estonian

Etymology

From French caramel, from Portuguese caramelo.

Noun

karamell (genitive karamelli, partitive karamelli)

1. (cooking) caramel

   Kokk sulatas potis suhkrut, et valmistada karamelli koogile glasuuriks. ― A chef was melting sugar in a pot to make caramel glaze for a cake.

2. (food) sugar candy

   Laps lutsutas maasikamaitselist karamelli. ― A child was sucking on a strawberry flavored sugar candy.

Declension

Declension of karamell (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		karamell	karamellid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	karamelli
genitive			karamellide
partitive		karamelli	karamelle karamellisid
illative		karamelli karamellisse	karamellidesse karamellesse
inessive		karamellis	karamellides karamelles
elative		karamellist	karamellidest karamellest
allative		karamellile	karamellidele karamellele
adessive		karamellil	karamellidel karamellel
ablative		karamellilt	karamellidelt karamellelt
translative		karamelliks	karamellideks karamelleks
terminative		karamellini	karamellideni
essive		karamellina	karamellidena
abessive		karamellita	karamellideta
comitative		karamelliga	karamellidega

References

• Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat - Estonian orthographic dictionary.
• Estonian Dictionary of foreign words.
• Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat - Explanatory Dictionary of the Estonian Language.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrɒmɛlː]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧mell
• Rhymes: -ɛlː

Noun

karamell (plural karamellek)

1. caramel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	karamell	karamellek
accusative	karamellt	karamelleket
dative	karamellnek	karamelleknek
instrumental	karamellel	karamellekkel
causal-final	karamellért	karamellekért
translative	karamellé	karamellekké
terminative	karamellig	karamellekig
essive-formal	karamellként	karamellekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	karamellben	karamellekben
superessive	karamellen	karamelleken
adessive	karamellnél	karamelleknél
illative	karamellbe	karamellekbe
sublative	karamellre	karamellekre
allative	karamellhez	karamellekhez
elative	karamellből	karamellekből
delative	karamellről	karamellekről
ablative	karamelltől	karamellektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	karamellé	karamelleké
non-attributive possessive - plural	karamelléi	karamellekéi

Possessive forms of karamell
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	karamellem	karamelljeim
2nd person sing.	karamelled	karamelljeid
3rd person sing.	karamellje	karamelljei
1st person plural	karamellünk	karamelljeink
2nd person plural	karamelletek	karamelljeitek
3rd person plural	karamelljük	karamelljeik

Further reading

• karamell in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish caramelo, via French caramel.

Noun

karamell m (definite singular karamellen, indefinite plural karameller, definite plural karamellene)

1. caramel
2. toffee
3. (slang) electric shock

References

• “karamell” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish caramelo, via French caramel.

Noun

karamell m (definite singular karamellen, indefinite plural karamellar, definite plural karamellane)

1. caramel
2. toffee

References

• “karamell” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

karameller (sense 1)

Etymology

From French caramel, attested from 1775.

Noun

karamell c

2. a hard candy, a boiled sweet
3. (figuratively) something pleasant

   Mästerskapstiteln är en karamell att suga länge på

   The championship title is a sweet to suck on for a long time

4. (by extension) something reminiscent of a hard candy

   smällkaramell

   Christmas cracker

   (literally, “bang hard candy [from shape resemblance when wrapped]”)

5. caramel (melted sugar)

Declension

Declension of karamell

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	karamell	karamells
	definite	karamellen	karamellens
plural	indefinite	karameller	karamellers
	definite	karamellerna	karamellernas

See also

• godis
• sötsak

References

• karamell in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• karamell in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)