gemütlich
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German gemütlich, from Middle High German gemüetlich, from gemüet (“mind, mentality”) + -lich (“-ly”), equivalent to Gemüt (“mind, soul”) + -lich (“-ly”). More at mood, -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmytlɪç/,[1] (anglicized) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmutlɪk/[1]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gəmütʹlĭĸʜ, IPA(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/
Adjective
[edit]gemütlich (comparative more gemütlich, superlative most gemütlich)
- Comfortable, cosy, pleasant.
- 1972, Robertson Davies, The Manticore:
- 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.
- 2001 November 25, Hilton Als, “Unhappy Endings”, in The New Yorker[1]:
- For several years, the center of her world has been the gemütlich studio of her Eastern European piano teacher, Mr. Bilderbach, and his wife, Anna.
- Friendly, genial, cheerful, easy-going.
- 1997 January 26, Judith Miller, “FILM: Making Money Abroad, And Also a Few Enemies”, in New York Times, New York:
- The censors cut one in which Judd Hirsch, who plays Mr. Goldblum's gemutlich, Yiddish-spouting father,
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References
[edit]- “‖gemütlich, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Pronounced: /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/; etymology: [G.].
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gemütlich”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
German
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[edit]gemütlich (strong nominative masculine singular gemütlicher, comparative gemütlicher, superlative am gemütlichsten)
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