tallriken

Tallriken is a Swedish noun meaning “the plate,” formed as the definite form of tallrik (plate). In standard Swedish, the indefinite singular is tallrik, the definite singular is tallriken, the indefinite plural is tallrikar, and the definite plural is tallrikarna. The word is used to refer to a flat dish intended for serving or eating food.

In ordinary language, tallriken appears in everyday dining context and related phrases, such as “en tallrik” for “a plate” or “tallriken på bordet” for “the plate on the table.” Its usage follows regular Swedish noun inflection patterns and does not carry specialized technical meaning beyond its literal object reference.

As a common noun, tallriken is typically not capitalized, except at the start of a sentence or in titles. It can also appear in compound forms or appear in menus, recipes, and instructional texts that describe place settings or dishware.

There is no widely recognized subculture, theory, or movement named tallriken in scholarly or popular discourse. The term is primarily functional, serving to denote a standard dinner plate in everyday Swedish language. If encountered as a proper noun, it would likely be a brand, product line, or place name, but such uses are not inherent to the word itself.

See also: tallrik, dishware terminology, Swedish language grammar.