Etymology

From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#KYCKLING kyklinger, from Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#KYCKLING kjúklingr.

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /ˈɕʏkˌlɪŋ/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#KYCKLING

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• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɕʏkˌlɪŋ/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#KYCKLING

Noun

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1. (countableCategory:Swedish countable nouns#KYCKLING) a chick (young chicken)

   Jag tycker kycklingar är söta

   I think chicks are cute

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   • 1997, Gullan Bornemark, “Alexander Kyckling [Alexander Chicken [or "Chick," more specifically]]”, in Klang i bygget [alteration of "Pang i bygget" (Bang in the building) – the Swedish title of Fawlty Towers – with klang (“clang, timbre, sound”) instead of pang (“bang”)]‎:

     Alexander Kyckling, mästare i cykling. Alexander Kyckling, han vet vad han gör. Alexander Kyckling, mästare i cykling. Han vet vad han gör när han är ute och kör. Han vet vad han gör när han är ute och kör. Han vinkar med ena vingen. Det betyder "Jag svänger snart". Han klingar på klingelingen. Sen kör han om i extra fart. Alexander Kyckling, mästare i ... [as before]. Han lyser i mörka kvällen. Han har fixat en säker sak: reflexer på flera ställen och tuffa lampor fram och bak. Alexander Kyckling, mästare i ... [as before]. Med hjälmen på huvudknoppen kör han rally vid vårt staket. Att tävla, det är ju toppen. Han piper fram som en komet. Alexander Kyckling, mästare ... [as before].

     Alexander Chicken, master of cycling [riding a bike]. Alexander Chicken, he knows what he's doing. Alexander Chicken, master of cycling. He knows what he's doing when he's out riding [driving]. He knows what he's doing when he's out riding. He waves one wing [waves with the one wing]. It means, "I will soon turn." He rings [plinga is more common than klinga for a bicycle bell – both are onomatopoeic] [on] the ringaling, then [he] overtakes at extra speed. Alexander Chicken ... [as before]. He shines in the dark evening. He has gotten himself [fixed] a safe thing: reflectors in several places and cool lights in the front and back. Alexander Chicken, master of ... [as before]. With the helmet on his noggin, he goes rallying [drives rally] by our fence. Competing, that's great [of course – see ju]. He peeps (squeaks) forward [forth] like a comet. Alexander Chicken, master of ... [as before].

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2. (uncountableCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#KYCKLING) chicken (the meat from this bird eaten as food)

   Serverar ni kyckling på den här restaurangen?

   Do you serve chicken at this restaurant?

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References

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