Heard of ‘hygge’? 11 perfect foreign words we need to start stealing
The English language serves its purpose pretty well most of the time, but every so often we stumble upon a Danish, French or Japanese word that just simplifies everything.
Take "the day after tomorrow," for example. If you were speaking Georgian, you'd simply call it "zeg." Or that happy half hour after a relaxing meal spent chatting round the table over your empty plates? In Spain, that's the "sobremesa."
If you're considering updating your vocab pool with a few new additions, throw away that English dictionary and look to the rest of the world for inspiration. Here are a few of our faves…
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Origin: Scots
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Origin: Mandarin Chinese
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Origin: Danish
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Origin: Swedish
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Origin: Japanese
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Origin: Filipino
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Origin: Japanese
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Origin: German
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Origin: Hawaiian
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Origin: Yiddish
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Origin: French