There’s a German word, Gemutlichkeit, that means the experience of eating and drinking and socializing with loved ones. It isn’t only eating or drinking or socializing — it’s all three. It must be all three. When they come together, it has meaning. | |
— Dean Ottati | |
From his book: “The Runner And The Path“ | |
[This is why the study of foreign languages is so important. I struggle to think of a single English word which means the combination of multiple (two let alone three) acts creating / making an emotional state. It’s hard to say whether German or English is a more specific language. — KMAB] | |
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Gemutlichkeit
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