Kjølede

Kjølede is a form linked to the Norwegian verb kjøle, which means to cool or refrigerate. In standard contemporary Norwegian, the common verb forms are present kjøler, past tense kjølte, and past participle kjølt. Therefore, kjølede is not the usual form for either the past tense or the past participle in Bokmål and may appear primarily in dialects, older texts, or as a nonstandard spelling. When used as an adjective to describe something that has undergone cooling, the standard modern forms are kjølt (cooled) or kjølte (cooled, plural), depending on gender and number.

In everyday Norwegian, you are more likely to see phrases such as kjølte produkter (cooled products) or oppbevares kjølt (kept refrigerated). For labeling and regulatory contexts, kjølt is the preferred term to indicate refrigeration, while kjølt ned or kjølet ned are common verbs to describe the action of cooling something down. The English equivalents are refrigerated or chilled.

Usage notes and variants: kjølede is generally not the preferred standard form in Bokmål today. It may appear in dialect writing or as a historical or colloquial spelling. The root word kjøle, its related participle kjølt, and related adjective forms such as kjølt ned, are part of a broader set of terms used to describe temperature-controlled storage and handling.

See also: refrigeration, food safety, food labeling.