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Interesting word. According to the website below, hygge means creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people.
http://www.visitdenmark.com/danish-meaning-hygge
or rather, "keep calm and hyg", where hyg is the imperative of the verb "at hygge"!
Well, "fika" implies coffee but they have a certain overlap. "Hygge" often implies "øl".
Fika was a codename for coffee when it was prohibited (18th century, I think). It is an approximate anagram of "kaffe". Of course coffee was and still is extremely important to Swedes with many people drinking six cups a day or more (only Finns drink more coffee in the world).
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Mutta Suomessa harvemmin fiikataan enää. Yleensä käydään kahvilla tai kahvitellaan.
Beware of asking for this in Italy, you will find girls slapping you and calling you a pervert XD
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The German equivalent is Gemütlichkeit (it is the noun to the adjective gemütlich), while Gemüt means mind or temper. Gemüt sounds a little outdated though, at least to me.
Hygge! I think like every Dane, when I hear this word it just brings a smile to my face :D
Writing in April 17, hygge is pretty well understood as a concept here in the UK. I'd suggest it's one of the words best not translated, having read lots of articles gently arguing over the best English definition... ☺
Yes, my danish other half says it has close minded overtones. One doesn't hygge with non danes or people who are not your 'type'!
I agree. In terms of meaning hygge encompasses coziness yes but other things too. I have always thought of it as a word that has no direct, simple translation ("Danglish" person talking!)
Interesting, I searched all through internet and hygge doesn't have a translation. Here they put it as coziness, but hygge is much more than that. It is also a verb (let's hygge with candles!)
