AIBU to ask what hygge exactly is?

[ConfusedWife1234]

Seems to be the new trend from Denmark, but what exactly is it? When something is very cozy or what?

It’s pronounced Hue-ga, I think.

Lovely cosy time spent relaxing with friends or family. Hunkering down in front of the fire drinking wine on a Sunday afternoon

This is a good article that cuts through the British commercialisation of it and looks at its (darker) roots

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/22/hygge-conspiracy-denmark-cosiness-trend

lol Maybe. How do you replace eggs, butter and milk in a cake?

How comes we started discussing hygge and now are discussing Nazi cakes scratch head?

Curled up on my sofa with dh and ds, fleecy blankets, candles, nice food (not necessarily expensive food), family and friends, being kind....that's my definition of hygge

You can buy very good replacements for eggs, butter and milk.

Although I doubt you could in 40s. Maybe they just watered everything down?

Marketing

Hu-gah.

The feeling one experiences when realising that Ikea is not only Swedish but shit. And you're at home eating pastries.

My Danish neighbour laughs at all the hygge hype here. She thinks we've all gone bonkers.

There's a whole exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood about getting hygge! Whatever that means!

www.culturewhisper.com/r/kids/century_of_the_child_nordic_design_for_children_1900_to_today_va_museum_of_childhood/10994

After consulting Pintrest it appears for hygge you need an open fireplace.

Am in a 70s semi. There's no fireplace.

Shame.

Still want the soup though...

I am Danish originally and it is NOT Hu-gah./,Hue-ga,hoo-gah As is often suggested it makes me cringe when I hear it described that way.

I am not the best with phonic wording but I would say its more like the U as you would say Uno so HY then you sort of swallow the g's making them very short " g" and make a longer " ehhh" sound

It is impossible to describe what hygge actually is as it can be different things for different people. So the examples of " warm blanket and tea" can be Hygge but so can "a movie together and popcorn" or when I go to my knitting club and we sit around a table knitting and chatting that is a type of " hygge" it is very much about feeling good and geting that contentment" my mother used to say " tonight we are really going to hygge us" and that could be her and I making a jigsaw together or us making cookies or even some of my aunts and uncles coming over and us chatting... yes food is often involved but not always.. it can be done alone (you can hygge with a book) or with people (you can hygge making things or eating things) it can be elaborately planned (Christmas eve is often hyggelig) or not at all " rainy day and you curl up under a blanket with a book and a cuppa"

The Germans may have used it yes but it was around prior to that too. its a huge part of my childhood and something I very much hope my children have a understanding off. Despite them having grown up in the UK..

Lol
This book about cooking through history had some historical recipes but I do not remember if there was one for their soup.
Should I look it up tomorrow. Would you really eat it (might turn you into one, who knows).lol

Enko So is hygge a Verb? I always thought it was a noun. Thanks for your explanation btw.

Danish and phonetics are an oxymoron...

@SaucyJack
Love your description!

I'm as lazy AF and buy soup in cartons.

If someone made it for me I'd give it a go.

The thing is when British people do something similar, but describe it as feeling blessed, content, then everyone is opposed to it, especially on here.

But if it's described by a Foreign word and from another Country, then everyone wants a piece of it.

We've had the exact same concept, in the UK, but haven't had one word for it. That's why older generations like to get together for occasions (reacted to in horror on here) and think that family should make the effort.

It's good for our mental health to find the joy, were we can. but that's held up for ridicule on here. Have meet ups, as a family, don't 'host'. Value that people that you surround yourself with. It's difficult for those that need to be constantly achieving, though.

Who is opposed to it? People on MN you mean? I am not opposed to it.

@ConfusedWife1234 So is hygge a Verb? I always thought it was a noun. It can be both sorry to not be helpful it depends on how it is used in the sentence..

@Birdsgottafly content/blessed is not similar to hygge they are very different too they are simply very different concepts.

I think thats a good thing we all have different things in different languages that we speak. In Danish for example there is no word that means " please" They use different ways to be polite but the word please doesnt exist.