hyggeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhʊɡə/, /ˈhuːɡə/, /ˈhjuːɡə/

名詞

hygge (uncountable)

1. (chiefly UK) A feeling of cosiness, comfort, contentment and conviviality. [from 21st c.]
   • 2016 November 22, Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian:

     According to this now vast popular literature, the creation of an atmosphere of hygge is aided by gløgg (mulled wine), meatballs and cardamom buns.

形容詞

hygge

1. (chiefly UK) Cosy, convivial. [from 21st c.]
   • 2015, Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly, Icon Books Ltd, →ISBN:

     ‘So, where are they all? What's everyone doing?’
     ‘They're getting hygge,’ she tells me, making a noise that sounds a little like she has something stuck in her throat.

   • 2025 May 12, Shahidha Bari, quoting Emma Jane Unsworth, “Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth review – a riotous roadtrip”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     [Emma Jane] Unsworth describes how “late at night, after video calls with the East Coast of America, she often stayed on as a host, alone, in those abandoned Zoom rooms, her own face staring back at her, the glow of the ring-light as hygge as any wood-burning stove, sipping a glass of something moderately alcoholic, feeling a dystopian peace …”

使用する際の注意点

• Chiefly used in Danish or Norwegian contexts.