hygge

Borrowed from Danish hygge or Norwegian hygge.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊɡə/, /ˈhuːɡə/

hygge (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Britain) Cosiness, conviviality. [from 21st c.]
   • 2016, Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 22 November:

     According to this now vast popular literature, the creation of an atmosphere of hygge is aided by gløgg (mulled wine), meatballs and cardamom buns.

hygge

1. (chiefly Britain) Cosy, convivial. [from 21st c.]
   • 2015, Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly, Icon Books Ltd (→ISBN):

     ‘So, where are they all? What's everyone doing?’

     ‘They're getting hygge,’ she tells me, making a noise that sounds a little like she has something stuck in her throat.

• Used in Danish or Norwegian contexts.

From Old Danish hyggæ, from Old Norse hyggja (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“to think, reconsider”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyɡ̊ə/

hygge c (singular definite hyggen, not used in plural form)

1. cosiness

• uhyggelig
• hyggelig
• hyggestund
• hyggekrog
• en hyggelig fætter
• hyggesnak

hygge

1. (reflexive, intransitive) have a good time, enjoy oneself

• “hygge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hygge” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• https://www.kbh-sprogcenter.dk/da/blog/dansk-hygge/