rummelige

Rummelige is a Danish adjective meaning spacious or generous, used to describe both physical space and a figurative openness or tolerance. In architecture and interior design it conveys that a space allows comfortable movement and activities, as in a rummelige bolig or rummelige rum. In social contexts it can describe a person, policy, or attitude that is tolerant, broad-minded, or accommodating, for example a rummelig tilgang. The sense of generosity or tolerance is common in everyday Danish.

Etymology: The word is formed from rum, meaning space or room, with the suffix -lig, creating an adjective meaning “having the quality of space.” The base form is rummelig; the inflected form rummelige is used with plural nouns or with plural subjects in predicates (for example, boligerne er rummelige).

Morphology and usage: rummelige functions as the plural-inflected form of the adjective and appears before plural nouns, as in rummelige huse or rummelige boliger. The neuter singular form is rummeligt (et rummeligt rum). The related noun is rummelighed, meaning spaciousness or tolerance.

See also and related terms: In Danish, synonyms emphasize either spatial capacity (spacious, capacious) or social disposition (tolerant, open-minded). While primarily a Danish term, its core sense of space or generosity resonates in similar concepts in other Scandinavian languages, though the exact form differs.