Gemütlichkeit

or Ge·muet·lich·keit

[ guh-myt-likh-kahyt ]

noun

, German.

1. warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.

Example Sentences

Frankenmuth’s culture of hospitality, or Gemütlichkeit, dates to the late 19th century, when a brewery and hotels nourished travelers journeying between Saginaw and Flint.

From New York Times

This was something of a headache for the tile setter, Heimer explains, as well as for Buchholz, who made the bookshelves in Heimer’s study, but it has the effect of eliminating the boxy feeling common to many Modernist dwellings; the home is clean-lined and bright but retains its nestlike Gemütlichkeit.

From New York Times

Why to go: For the gemütlichkeit: an atmosphere of friendliness, good cheer and relaxation that defines the Austrian experience.

From Washington Post

In the summer of 1969, he booked a skiing trip to the resort of Morlialp, Switzerland, the brochure promising a "house-party holiday", with an English-speaking hotelier, a bar open several nights a week and an atmosphere of "Gemutlichkeit" - a German word for warmth and good cheer.

From BBC

Right up until the late 1930s, Germany was successfully promoting itself as the ideal place to vacation, its smiling people overflowing with gemütlichkeit and eager to please, unlike the stuck-up and dirty French.

From Washington Post