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Gemütlichkeit

American  
[guh-myt-likh-kahyt] / gəˈmüt lɪxˌkaɪt /
Or Gemuetlichkeit

noun

German.
  1. warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.


Example Sentences

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A day after I emailed him, he emailed me back, offering up endzeitgemütlichkeit, a combination of endzeit, meaning “end-times,” and gemütlichkeit, meaning “coziness,” with a further sense of calmness and belonging and peace of mind.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

And I, at least, find gemütlichkeit tricky to pronounce.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

Over the years I’ve done a lot of typing in hotels, and actually I find even soulless corporate joints perfectly gemütlichkeit when it comes to cuddling up to fictional worlds.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011

For them,141 shall be no memory of that vast and insuperable gemütlichkeit, that superb and pacific democracy, that dwells and shall dwell forever by night in the spirit of the German people.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.

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