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Not a native German speaker, but for me the word "gemutlich" came to mind as their equivalent, at least from what I understood from the article.
by mihaic 4y ago
Not a native German speaker, but for me the word "gemutlich" came to mind as their equivalent, at least from what I understood from the article.
- FlyingSnake 4y agoIMO Gemütlich is more closer to "cozy" rather than "Convival" which Gezellig is being used for in Dutch.
- mihaic 4y agoThanks for the clarification.
- pieter_mj 4y agoYou mean convivial (the same word in French, slightly different meaning)
- bedatadriven 4y agoYes convivial is the perfect translation for gezellig. I don't understand why articles about gezelligheid always claim that it is somehow untranslateable!
- Fnoord 4y agoGemoedelijk is probably the Dutch word which is linguistically related to the one you mention. Interestingly, it has no megative connotation, but it won't be a word used much in randstad (the densely populated ~West of The Netherlands). So it is by definition not as popular as gezellig.