English

Noun

gemutlichkeit ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
   • 1985 July, “Bavarian Oktoberfest”, in Vegetarian Times, page 46:
   • 2007, Harold Flagg, GI Odyssey: World War II Memoir/Novella, ISBN 1456843664, page 66:

     Germany became a romantic land defined by gemutlichkeit—or coziness.

   • 2011, Alan Hartley, Trekking in the Stubai Alps, ISBN 1852846232, page 176:

     This hut is in the top drawer of all huts, having maintained the gemutlichkeit tradition over many years.

   • 2012, Iain Boal, ‎Janferie Stone, & ‎Michael Watts, West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California, ISBN 1604867167, page 13:

     As for conviviality, it of course connotes sociability, liveliness, festivity, élan, gemutlichkeit—where the sharing of good food and drink fosters fellow-feeling, happiness, boisterous joy in the presence of one's boon companions.