"Gemütlichkeit" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German Gemütlichkeit. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gemütlichkeit}} German Gemütlichkeit Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Gemütlichkeit
  1. The state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality. Wikipedia link: Gemütlichkeit Synonyms: gemuetlichkeit, gemutlichkeit Translations (coziness): уют (ujut) (Bulgarian), hygge (Danish), gemytlighed [common-gender] (Danish), gezelligheid [feminine] (Dutch), Gemütlichkeit (German), hygge (Norwegian), ую́т (ujút) (Russian), gemyt [neuter] (Swedish), mys [neuter] (Swedish)

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