hygge, n. and adj.

Entry date

  • Quotation evidence from 1960 (first cited in Capital Times).
  • This is one of the most recent 4% of entries recorded in OED.
  • OED includes about 4900 entries first evidenced in the decade 1960—1969 (words such as aggro, downsize, laser).

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Origin

Entry size

  • 2 senses (2 main senses, 0 subentry senses).
  • 8 quotations.

Timeline of sense development

A1960—B1963—

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