hyggelig

== Danish == === Etymology === hygge +‎ -lig (“-ly”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhyɡəli/ === Adjective === hyggelig nice, friendly cozy, comfortable, snug Synonym: fedt homey ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: hyggelig Icelandic: huggulegur == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish hyggelig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʏɡəlɪç/, /ˈhʏɡəlɪk/ === Adjective === hyggelig (strong nominative masculine singular hyggeliger, comparative hyggeliger, superlative am hyggeligsten) cozy, homey Synonyms: gemütlich, heimelig ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hyggelig” in Duden online “hyggelig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “hyggelig”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From hygge +‎ -lig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʏɡl̩ɪ/ === Adjective === hyggelig (neuter singular hyggelig, definite singular and plural hyggelige) nice, pleasant cosy, comfortable ==== Synonyms ==== koselig ==== Antonyms ==== uhyggelig === Interjection === hyggelig hello (greeting) ==== Usage notes ==== The use of hyggelig as a greeting is synecdoche from its appearance in the Norwegian phrase hyggelig å hilse på deg (“nice to meet/see you”). As such, it most frequently appears following other words of greeting, as in Hei! Hyggelig! or Hallo, hyggelig. === See also === hyggeleg (Nynorsk), hyggjeleg (Nynorsk) === References === “hyggelig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.