gemütlichkeit

noun

The state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality.

Meanings

gemütlichkeit1

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of Gemütlichkeit.

Gemütlichkeit2

nounGemütlichkeit (uncountable)

alternative gemuetlichkeit · alternative gemutlichkeit

  1. uncountableThe state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality.

    […] and Vincent Sheean "the king of gemutlichkeit".

    1967, George Thayer, The Farther Shore of Politics, Simon and Schuster
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    John never got over contrasting her taste in clothes coupled with her experiments in domestic interiors and gemutlichkeit.

    1933, Paul Horgan, Fault of Angels

    […] where’d they all come from, these gray hustlers, what shadows in the Gemütlichkeit of the day were harboring them?

    1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

    Mr. Corde believes in gemutlichkeit more than in public welfare.

    1982, Saul Bellow, Dean's December

    Once the nation's largest producer of beer, it still is known as a brewing capital, and is famous for its gemutlichkeit (friendly hospitality).

    1995 November 12, Brenda Warner Rotzoll, “Milwaukee: A Metropolitan Playground Within Reach”, in Chicago Tribune, TRAVEL, page 1

    Once upon a time, intellectuals knew they could do their best thinking at home, not in a public venue, and that debate would be helped along by food and drink. But is such gemütlichkeit possible in this country in 2012, when our young century has already been strafed by culture wars and juvenile attack ads?

    2012 August 22, Mark Oppenheimer, “After Dinner, the Fireworks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2019

Origin

  1. GermanGemütlichkeit
  2. EnglishGemütlichkeit

Unadapted borrowing from German Gemütlichkeit.

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Translations

Bulgarian уют
  • уют (ujut)coziness
Danish hygge, gemytlighed
  • hyggecoziness
  • gemytlighedcoziness
Dutch gezelligheid
  • gezelligheidcoziness
German Gemütlichkeit
  • Gemütlichkeitcoziness
Norwegian hygge
  • hyggecoziness
Russian ую́т
  • ую́т (ujút)coziness
Swedish gemyt, mys
  • gemytcoziness
  • myscoziness
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“gemütlichkeit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gem%C3%BCtlichkeit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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