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==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|da|hygge}} or {{bor|en|no|hygge}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhʊɡə/|/ˈhuːɡə/|/ˈhjuːɡə/|a=UK}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|UK}} [[cosiness|Cosiness]], [[comfort]], [[contentment]], [[conviviality]]. {{defdate|from 21st c.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=22 November 2016|author=w:Charlotte Higgins|journal=The Guardian
|passage=According to this now vast popular literature, the creation of an atmosphere of '''hygge''' is aided by ''gløgg'' (mulled wine), meatballs and cardamom buns.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|cosiness, conviviality}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hygge|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gezelligheid|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hygge}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hygge}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gemütlichkeit|f}}, {{t|de|Wohligkeit|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accoglievolezza}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|휘게}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hygge|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|хю́гге|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|udobnost|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gemyt|c}}, {{t+|sv|trevnad}}, {{t+|sv|mys}}, {{t+|sv|hygge}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|?}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|UK}} [[cosy|Cosy]], [[convivial]]. {{defdate|from 21st c.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Helen Russell|title=The Year of Living Danishly|publisher=Icon Books Ltd|isbn=9781848318137
|passage=‘So, where are they all? What's everyone doing?’<br>‘They're getting '''''hygge''''',’ she tells me, making a noise that sounds a little like she has something stuck in her throat.}}

====Usage notes====
* Used in Danish or Norwegian contexts.

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|da|gmq-oda|hyggæ||to think}}, from {{inh|da|non|hyggja||to think}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*hugjaną||to think, reconsider}}.
The modern meaning has been taken over from Norwegian in the 19th century.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/hykə/|[ˈhyɡ̊ə]}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|n|-}}

# [[cosiness]]

====Declension====
{{da-decl|n|n=sg}}

===Verb===
{{head|da|verb}}

# {{lb|da|intransitive}} to [[have a good time]]
# {{lb|da|intransitive}} to make it [[comfortable]], [[cozy]] {{q|with the preposition {{l|da|om}}}}
# {{lb|da|reflexive}} to [[have a good time]], [[enjoy oneself]]

====Conjugation====
{{da-conj|hygg||er|te|h|et}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|uhyggelig}}
* {{l|da|hyggelig}}
* {{l|da|hyggestund}}
* {{l|da|hyggekrog}}
* {{l|da|hyggelig fætter}}
* {{l|da|hyggesnak}}

===References===
* {{R:DDO}}
* {{R:ODS online}}
* https://www.kbh-sprogcenter.dk/da/blog/dansk-hygge/

{{C|da|Emotions}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/²hʏɡ.ɡɑ/}} {{nn-pronu-note}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nn|non|hyggja|g=f}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|hyggje||j-infix}}

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f2}}

# [[comfort]], [[contentment]]

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# an [[afterthought]], [[consideration]], [[attention]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|nn|non|-}} verb {{m|non|hyggja}}.

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verb|cat2=weak verbs|present tense|hygger|past tense|hygde|supine|hygd|or|hygt|past participle|hygd|present participle|hyggande|imperative|hygg}}

# {{alternative form of|nn|hyggja}}
# {{alternative form of|nn|hyggje}}
# {{alternative form of|nn|hygga}}

===References===
* {{R:ND}}