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hjemlig.

domestic (belonging to a specific region or nation, one's own country)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/jɛmli/[ˈjɛmli]
  1. domestic (belonging to a specific region or nation, one's own country)

  2. domestic (belonging to a home)

  3. homelike, homey, cozey

Where this word comes from

From hjem (“home”) + -lig (“-ly”), calque of German heimlich (in modern German replaced by heimisch, einheimisch in this sense). Virtually a doublet of hemmelig (“secret”).

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