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单词 gemütlich
释义

gemütlich

See also: gemutlich and gemuetlich

English

Alternative forms

  • gemuetlich, gemutlich

Etymology

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

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmytlɪç/[1], (anglicized) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmutlɪk/[1]
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gəmütʹlĭĸʜ, IPA(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/

Adjective

gemütlich (comparative more gemütlich, superlative most gemütlich)

  1. Comfortable, cosy, cozy, 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:
      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.
  2. 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,
  • Gemütlichkeit

Translations

References

  • ‖gemütlich, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
    Pronounced: /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/; etymology: [G.].
  1. gemütlich”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

German

Etymology

From Gemüt + -lich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈmyːtlɪç/
  • (file)

Adjective

gemütlich (strong nominative masculine singular gemütlicher, comparative gemütlicher, superlative am gemütlichsten)

  1. cosy, gemütlich
    Synonym: behaglich
    Die neue Couch ist sehr gemütlich.
    The new couch is very cosy.

Declension

Derived terms

  • es sich gemütlich machen
  • Gemütlichkeit

Descendants

  • English: gemütlich
  • Esperanto: gemuta

Further reading

  • gemütlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gemütlich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gemütlich” in Duden online
  • gemütlich” in OpenThesaurus.de
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