gemütlich

See also: gemutlich and gemuetlich

English

Alternative forms

• gemuetlich, gemutlich

Etymology

Borrowed from German gemütlich, from Middle High German gemüetlich, from gemüet (“mind, mentality”) + -lich (“-ly”), equivalent to Gemüt (“mind, soul”) +‎ -lich (“-ly”). More at mood, -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmytlɪç/, IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmutlɪk/
• enPR: gəmütʹlĭĸʜ, IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/

Adjective

gemütlich (comparative more gemütlich, superlative most gemütlich)

1. Comfortable, cosy, cozy, pleasant.
   • 1972, Robertson Davies, The Manticore:

     Judy told me of its charms because its gemütlich, nineteenth-century naïveté appealed strongly to her; either she was innocent in her tastes or else sophisticated in seeing in this humble little work delights and possibilities the other girls missed.

   • 2001 November 25, Hilton Als, “Unhappy Endings”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     For several years, the center of her world has been the gemütlich studio of her Eastern European piano teacher, Mr. Bilderbach, and his wife, Anna.

2. Friendly, genial, cheerful, easy-going.

Related terms

• Gemütlichkeit

Translations

cozy

• Dutch: gezellig (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: gemütlich (de)

References

• “‖gemütlich, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
  Pronounced: /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/; etymology: [G.].

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German

Etymology

From Gemüt +‎ -lich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/

• Audio:

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Adjective

gemütlich (comparative gemütlicher, superlative am gemütlichsten)

1. cosy, gemütlich

   Synonym: behaglich

   Die neue Couch ist sehr gemütlich.

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Descendants

• → English: gemütlich

Derived terms

• es sich gemütlich machen
• Gemütlichkeit

 

Further reading

• “gemütlich” in Duden online
• Gemütlichkeit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia