Meaning of Gemütlichkeit | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“John never got over contrasting her taste in clothes coupled with her experiments in domestic interiors and gemutlichkeit.”

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

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

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

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

“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?”

“For your last summer picnic, try to capture the spirit of gemutlichkeit, and maybe the old Bavarian saying will come true: "Mit bayrischer Gemutlichkeit, da kommt man noch einal soweit," (with Bavarian gemutlichkeit, you will achieve more things in the long run).”

“Germany became a romantic land defined by gemutlichkeit—or coziness.”

“This hut is in the top drawer of all huts, having maintained the gemutlichkeit tradition over many years.”

“As for conviviality, it of course connotes sociability, liveliness, festivity, élan, gemutlichkeit—where the sharing of good food and drink fosters fellow-feeling, happiness, boisterous joy in the presence of one's boon companions.”

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