What does Danish HYGGE actually mean? 🇩🇰 (people get it WRONG)

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  • A lot of people get the meaning of Danish word hygge WRONG.. in this video I will tell you what hygge is & what it ACTUALLY means! Is hygge the key to hapiness? When do we use the word HYGGE in Danish language? Can you hygge during summer? When do Danes say hygge? Is hygge an lifestyle, Danish philosophy or mentality? Was hygge actually invented in Denmark or is that only a MISCONCEPTION?! Plus my thoughts on 'The little book of Hygge' and Mike Wiking's definition of hygge being an art of creating nice atmosphere.
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  • @KajaKubicka
    @KajaKubicka  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What is your favorite type of HYGGE ? :)

    • @whatevergeridoes
      @whatevergeridoes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A nice drink with friends 🥰

    • @rismarksvej
      @rismarksvej 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Måske om lyse? I used to live in huset and when it sni i vinter, the light in house made me feel hygge. 上海不下雪,咱中国人比较勤劳。

    • @sleepmares
      @sleepmares 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sleeping lol

    • @Chloe2000mm
      @Chloe2000mm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      enjoying a hot cup of tea and a good book with my cat sitting next to me

    • @01baia
      @01baia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      swimming in the warm Pacific ocean next to the island where I was born in Papua New Guinea. 💖

  • @DeoCarias
    @DeoCarias 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’m here coz I am trying to find what hygge means, absolutely this video helped the research. Thank you 🙏

    • @KajaKubicka
      @KajaKubicka  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m glad to hear that! :)

    • @DeoCarias
      @DeoCarias 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KajaKubicka here’s my video about hygge, I want to know what do you think or if I missed something or said something that I shouldn’t said, anything, kindly let me know, thank you ➡️ link th-cam.com/video/ZI7uEn7Oyvk/w-d-xo.html

  • @Casperbager333
    @Casperbager333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    """What ever you do that you're feeling good about - is HYGGE.""" This is the shortest and most accurate explanation you'll ever come across. - Sincerely a random Dane

  • @wlogan2000
    @wlogan2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I would have liked to have heard more from your hygge expert 😀 "The Little Book of Hygge" definitely started a publishing trend! I was in a bookstore before the pandemic and realized they had a display of 10+ books on hygge, lakom (Swedish), ikigai (Japanese), and similar topics. My favorite title was "Päntsdrunk" on the Finnish "art" of relaxing by drinking alone, at home, in your underwear; although this may not have been entirely serious…

    • @vajaalaatuinen
      @vajaalaatuinen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i know this is so much later but kalsarikännit is definitely a thing, even if we finns make fun of it :D i do it all the time, like watching a movie and getting a little wine drunk.

  • @freeradical1567
    @freeradical1567 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very thoughtful sharing of the meaning of this word.

  • @deborahmeyers7839
    @deborahmeyers7839 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You totally explained Hygge thank you for sharing and happy new year 2022 🎉

  • @nxtxlieclaire
    @nxtxlieclaire ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i find this so interesting because I can parallel it a little to when english speakers use 'wholesome' to describe certain enjoyable moments/foods/interactions - my german speaking friends told me there's not a succinct translation for wholesome, and obviously that goes both directions when terms they have don't translate well to english

  • @LightBoneTarot
    @LightBoneTarot ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoted this video - I like how your angles and how you edit. About Hygge I forgot this existed until I saw this video. I like the 'we're chillin' translation. I also like thinking of Hygge as something luxurious. Will def start trying do more Hygge'n! Thank you. I enjoy your content🤍

  • @TheBadVideoMaker
    @TheBadVideoMaker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic video. I have just come back from a very grey Copenhagen. It was incredibly misty on Saturday and I have never seen so much city mist. I don't know how often it is that bad, but Copenhagen was still wonderful and it was great to see all of the clips of places that I recognised in your video. What I do know is that Denmark seems so organised and smooth compared to how things are in the UK. And the Danish people are so wonderfully helpful and polite.

  • @rachelo3548
    @rachelo3548 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video was very helpful! I discovered hygge as a 'concept', 'philosophy', 'lifestyle' several years ago.
    After watching your video, I realize there is no striving involved. I think us Americans like to live fast and strive for things. So of course we would strive for hygge! Lots of people have made money off of the concept and still are. Which I agree is brilliant! 😂
    It is funny, after watching I realize I and most people I know hygge without realizing. Like you said, we just use different words to describe it.
    Great video! Thanks for sharing!

  • @nikkismyth9306
    @nikkismyth9306 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for this video!

  • @butterflyairways3156
    @butterflyairways3156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely learned some new valuable lessons here thank you. It makes sense that it comes with a sense of financial ease & security also. Super informative thank you so much.

  • @itsacharminglife
    @itsacharminglife 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your insight on Hygge!

  • @danisa5260
    @danisa5260 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your explanation! Besides for those wonderful sights of Denmak.

  • @bootsmade4walking
    @bootsmade4walking 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your pink shirt! It's so flattering on you!

  • @MohammadBahadori-gx9ye
    @MohammadBahadori-gx9ye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your good explanation

  • @jsmith5509
    @jsmith5509 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think cats are NATURALLY ALWAYS in a state of Hygge!!!

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      maybe cats love to hygge with sleep so when you see a cat sleep on a rug so like it part of hygge for cats

  • @everythingisconnected3012
    @everythingisconnected3012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you very much for your clear explanation of hygge!

    • @KajaKubicka
      @KajaKubicka  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @mikkokorhonen9260
    @mikkokorhonen9260 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jeg synes du forklarte hygge konsepten veldig bra! Hilsen fra Norge

  • @amyt6254
    @amyt6254 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @goldenhippie1984
    @goldenhippie1984 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video

  • @nicholebentley2854
    @nicholebentley2854 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for teaching us about hygge! My takeaway is hygge = good vibes

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not really good vibes. good vibes are like speak good with your friends or good vibes when you hang out with your friends

  • @marklisiecki5790
    @marklisiecki5790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos :)

  • @ishaagrawal3345
    @ishaagrawal3345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    After reading few books on Hygge and watching videos about it, I will not lose myself in providing or finding correct definition. Instead, what you explained it here, I found out that I was doing it from a very long time.
    Enjoying simple things, like having tea alone at night, eating a quiet lunch, walking while listening music, writing something, talking with my family, curling in blanket and reading book
    these all things makes my mind relax, and I feel peaceful. When I find stress in life these few things make me peaceful. But recently since I married, my hygge is seen as something nasty. I am accused of wasting time and being lazy or careless, I am constantly attacked on my hygge and this breaks my heart and I feel mad that this simple concept is not understood.
    People who read this completely thank you for bearing this. Anyone can go on and burn themselves in earning money or simply talking thinking non stop about less material things in life. But this hygge can do one thing- balance your brain in this crazy world.

    • @Casperbager333
      @Casperbager333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your absolutely right. HYGGE means anything that makes you feel good. Like drinking tee alone, or being with people. The word basically means "i feel good inside, while i do something i enjoy whenever its with or without others. What im doing/ did, i have/had a good time with" - Sincerely a Dane.

    • @christinegeiler5770
      @christinegeiler5770 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ist this love?

  • @schari31
    @schari31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    interesting point of view!

  • @AustinBreathesAnime
    @AustinBreathesAnime 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the phrase “det var hyggeligt at se dig” it was easy to understand as someone learning dansk ~

  • @somethingbambi875
    @somethingbambi875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a Swede I was pretty confuse when I first heard about "hygge", I didn't get it, because we do it here but just call it "to coze", or "to chill/relax". But we do use the word: "hyggligt", but we don't say it like "huga". Thank you for your video, makes so much more sence, it's like having a "hygglig" or "trevlig" (nice) time. My husband who is from Skåne told me that it's something else in the atmosphere in Denmark though, we swedes are more stressed Still.

  • @lilafontenelle
    @lilafontenelle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just found this video and omg THAT's a good explanation. Most of internet things are consumism bullshit: buy this kind of furniture to enjoy a hyggeligt time, have this tea and whatever

  • @authorviviana
    @authorviviana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hygge could also be described as living in the present moment / living in the now. And appreciating a moment fully.
    In certain countries, stress is a lifestyle. Anxiety is the norm. When everybody around you is stressed and anxious, you don't even notice the constant noise. Or the constant criticism.
    For me, hygge is turning off the noise and appreciating a moment. Sometimes this means noticing the way light falls on a corner of your home. Or appreciating a bite of food. Or holding your pet and feeling the softness of fur.
    Whatever sensations that you normally can't get in touch with when your head is cluttered with fear and stress.
    I'm sure that as you've said - the social security in Denmark is a big part of why Danes are able to feel those present moments more fully.
    I've felt this the most in the Caribbean though. Languid, enjoyable moments.
    In the U.S., whole cities are stuck in 24/7 anxiety mode. Anxiety is our philosophy - our lifestyle - our norm. It can feel suffocating.
    -from American whose father is Danish and stepmother is Polish. They live in Denmark, I grew up in the U.S.

  • @lunerv771
    @lunerv771 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got it. That explains why my danish friend go to fake beach along Huangpu River in Shanghai in summer..

  • @michaelbeck7589
    @michaelbeck7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should post a bunch of polls

  • @oliwiabonkowska48
    @oliwiabonkowska48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Najlepsze wytłumaczenie czym jest HYGGE. 🥰

  • @ppmagar558
    @ppmagar558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow amazing I like video 😻

  • @e.w.3989
    @e.w.3989 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yelling at your UBER driver is ALSO Hygge; so long as you enjoy the moment, it's totally Hygge.

  • @percivallavoie4415
    @percivallavoie4415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So, would it be valid to say that "just vibing" qualifies as hygge? 😂

    • @emmacochran873
      @emmacochran873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment wins 😂😂🤍

    • @carolinemoore3771
      @carolinemoore3771 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would say it’s more a sense of contentment.

  • @raygraham966
    @raygraham966 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow denmark has a good balance and it's surrounding countrys

  • @mridgill
    @mridgill ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you. Did the Hygge expert purr??? Have a wonderful day.

  • @scottgodkins2017
    @scottgodkins2017 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found Hygge-TH-cam! I had no idea about it. But, it’s already my nature. Like, show me the native Hygge people-NOT the Yankee Doodle American accents talking about it-yep, I’m American. 😂🤷🏽‍♂️. Your video and accent was nice to listen to.

  • @leenvandam8019
    @leenvandam8019 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Dutch we have the word "gezellig" it's almost identical

  • @longxianghuang9978
    @longxianghuang9978 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My second time hitting a like on videos

    • @KajaKubicka
      @KajaKubicka  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      awww thank you! 🥰

  • @sarah.jswift
    @sarah.jswift 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    💛

  • @raghavendra4633
    @raghavendra4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi and Hello from India
    May Lord Jesus Bless you

  • @froukjebrans1163
    @froukjebrans1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice video. I think hygge means more or less the same as the dutch word 'gezellig'.

  • @echobea8781
    @echobea8781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I came across hygge being a form of Paganism so I stepped away from it because I have recently walked away from that chapter of my life. I'm so glad I decided to look again. It has a lot of similarities but I felt in my heart it wasn't a form of "worship" so I'm so glad I found this video. I'm from the states so just being is not our normal. I'm trying to learn to be still and spend more time with loved ones.... Hygge is just that spending time with loved ones, yourself while doing what brings you JOY. That joy is different for everyone. Great breakdown of what hygge really is. 💜

  • @moscomau
    @moscomau ปีที่แล้ว

    In Dutch "gezellig" i dit not know Denmark had it too

  • @daveisaacsmusic
    @daveisaacsmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your cat is totally hygge.

    • @bigmacntings7451
      @bigmacntings7451 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha,depends on the cat😃
      super chilled and snuggly ones,definitely. Super nocturnal ones that attack your feet at 4am not so much🙂

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes cats is alot hygge but det alot more then only a cat

  • @e.w.3989
    @e.w.3989 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hygge = fun.

  • @keyOfSoul88
    @keyOfSoul88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe my favorite HYGGE it's drink coffee with milk and come up with something like games or some program or something else like a new method of learning foreign languages and ect. I boring person.

    • @bigmacntings7451
      @bigmacntings7451 ปีที่แล้ว

      that is definitely hygge!!.
      milky drikk(cocoa/coffee/horlicks) plus some board games with friends.that's the spirit.
      with nice fluffy futon sets and a quilt (and preferably a cat)

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hygge is a lot more then it

  • @jackyue4606
    @jackyue4606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like your video,but i always concentrate your adorable miaomiao ,she is so cute!

  • @marisellopez6022
    @marisellopez6022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Must be nice :) to have basic needs met lol

  • @kohichiro674
    @kohichiro674 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maby,ENGAWA in Japan.
    I think.
    It ’s an old story, it ’s not now.
    largely.

  • @MinutaOksiazce
    @MinutaOksiazce 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    W połowie filmu zobaczyłem, że pani jest polką 🫣

  • @j0hnnykn0xv1lle
    @j0hnnykn0xv1lle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    60% tax would not make me happy. 🤣

  • @Yeodoongiiie
    @Yeodoongiiie ปีที่แล้ว

    it's funny when the world tries to market a word that you can't actually even translate fully. it's just it's own thing and it's funny seeing the world go coo coo over it😄

  • @paddycraig
    @paddycraig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hygge is a marijuana brand for sale in America 😂

  • @benmorris7276
    @benmorris7276 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hygge er "cosiness", at få kaffe og wienerbrød er hygge, at gå i skoven kan være hygge. Undskyld jeg snakker lille smule Dansk så det er ikke særlig godt.

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      kind but you can do a lot with hygge not only one thing

    • @xxjulia0xx341
      @xxjulia0xx341 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im danish person and whole my life raised in denmark

    • @benmorris7276
      @benmorris7276 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@xxjulia0xx341 jeg Forstår det, men jeg kom bare med et eksempel

  • @lisalanden
    @lisalanden ปีที่แล้ว

    Your accent does not sound Danish and the way you say it is not how Danes say it...

  • @youtuber-nah
    @youtuber-nah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You talk too much!