Gemütlich

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Related words 2 German 2.1 Adjective

English

Etymology

German gemütlich.

Pronunciation

IPA: /gə'my:tlɪç/

Adjective

gemütlich

1. comfortable, middle-class, cosy, twee

   • 1972: 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 — Robertson Davies, The Manticore

Related words

• Gemütlichkeit

German

Adjective

gemütlich

1. cosy