{"id":422,"date":"2012-03-10T09:09:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T09:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=422"},"modified":"2012-03-09T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:27:49","slug":"that-is-hygge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/03\/10\/that-is-hygge\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s hygge to me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hygge<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the best known\u00a0\u201dmystery words\u201d of Danish. It can\u2019t really be translated. (My dictionary suggests \u2019comfort, cosiness\u2019, but I\u2019d say that\u2019s only an approximation\u2026)<\/span> I asked some young Danish-speakers to tell the readers of this blog what hygge<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(and its adjectival form hyggelig<\/strong>)<\/span> meant to them.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hashim\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to tell you about hygge<\/strong>. I\u2019m at a h\u00f8jskole<\/strong>\u00a0(folk high school) \u2013 we eat together, we learn Danish. (Of course, I\u2019m from another country!) Playing football together is hyggelig<\/strong> \u2013 and now I\u2019m learning how to play the guitar. Once in a while we also have a party \u2013 that\u2019s exciting and dejlig<\/strong> (pleasant, nice).<\/p>\n

Isabella<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s hyggelig<\/strong> when you\u2019re out in the woods riding on your horse and the weather is nice. It\u2019s also hyggelig<\/strong> when you\u2019re sitting with your family in the sofa and you\u2019re drinking hot chocolate and eating boller <\/strong>(Danish\u00a0buns) or playing a game of ludo <\/strong>(parcheesi).\u00a0 It\u2019s hyggelig<\/strong> to go for a swim with someone from your class. And then drop by a restaurant afterwards, where you can sit and talk and the mood is good. It\u2019s hyggelig<\/strong> to be together with your classmates, to spend some quality time with them.<\/p>\n

Sanne<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I think it\u2019s really hyggelig<\/strong> when you\u2019re with you family, just talking, or eventually playing a game. And eating some good food during the evening. Sharing a good bottle of wine. And finally end the evening with a cognac or whatever you like. Some hot coffee or tea \u2013 whatever the family fancies. Just some quality time together.<\/p>\n

L\u00e6rke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hygge<\/strong> means a lot of things to me. Something about sitting around a hot fire. It\u2019s getting dark and you\u2019re sitting there with a beer or a warm cup of cofee or tea and having a hyggelig<\/strong> chat and someone is playing some live music on guitar or something. Or it may also be just sitting alone in your room with a warm blanket reading a good book and having some candles lit. It can also be hyggelig<\/strong> spending time with farm animals. When you\u2019re there with them, you just think \u2013 my, that\u2019s hyggelig<\/strong>, they are cute and nice and you stroke them\u2026 Hygge<\/strong> can be the companionship with other people or just your own company, and it can be \u2013 something that warms your heart. Yes.<\/p>\n

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Hygge\u00a0is one of the best known\u00a0\u201dmystery words\u201d of Danish. It can\u2019t really be translated. (My dictionary suggests \u2019comfort, cosiness\u2019, but I\u2019d say that\u2019s only an approximation\u2026) I asked some young Danish-speakers to tell the readers of this blog what hygge\u00a0(and its adjectival form hyggelig) meant to them. Hashim I want to tell you about hygge…<\/p>\n

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