Gemütlichkeit

== English == === Alternative forms === gemuetlichkeit, gemutlichkeit === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Gemütlichkeit. === Noun === Gemütlichkeit The state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality. ==== Usage notes ==== Both the German spelling Gemütlichkeit and the anglicized gemutlichkeit (sometimes gemuetlichkeit) are found, with the anglicized form dropping the initial upper case and the umlaut. The mixed forms *Gemutlichkeit or *gemütlichkeit (making one such change) are considered spelling errors. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === From gemütlich +‎ -keit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪçkaɪ̯t/ === Noun === Gemütlichkeit f (genitive Gemütlichkeit, plural Gemütlichkeiten) cosiness ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Gemütlichkeit” in Duden online Gemütlichkeit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Gemütlichkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache