koselig
Language: Norwegian · [ˈkuːsəli] · Pronunciation: KOO-suh-lee
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Meaning
warm, easy and good to be in — the room and the company both
The story
Kose is to make a fuss of someone, and koselig is a room doing it for you: low light and nobody in a hurry. Norwegian dictionaries have carried the word since the 1840s, and it stretches to people as well, so a koselig fyr is simply a nice bloke.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Norwegian
- How does it sound to native speakers?
- An everyday word, said constantly
- Where would you hear it?
- A cabin with the stove lit, lamps low
- What does it mean?
- Warm, easy and pleasant to be in
How it went
One of the easier words so far.
Round two, register, was where most points went.
The most common guess for the translation was 'cosiness'. Close, but not it.
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