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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish lagom (“just right”).

Noun

lagom (uncountable)

  1. The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life.
    • 2017, Lola A. Åkerström, Lagom: The Swedish Secret of Living Well, page 178:
      Lagom seems to be fighting a losing battle against a world run by the instant gratification of social media, where we all want to be seen and be heard.
    • 2017, Niki Brantmark, Lagom (Not Too Little, Not Too Much): The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life, unnumbered page:
      The typical Scandinavian home is the very essence of lagom. It's neither too sparse nor too fussy, neither overly minimalist nor overdone.
    • 2017, Steffi Knowles-Dellner, Lagom: The Swedish Art of Eating Harmoniously, unnumbered page:
      Not surprisingly, lagom extends to our cuisine as well – the Swedes take great pride in eating healthily, drawing on their own cooking traditions and the seasons' offerings.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lagom.

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧gom

Noun

lagom

  1. maroon (color)
  2. bruise
  3. fly

Adjective

lagom

  1. maroon (color)
  2. black-and-blue
  3. inky; dark

Verb

lagom

  1. to darken
  2. to turn blue from lack of oxygen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

An old dative plural of lag.

Adjective

lagom (neuter lagomt, definite singular and plural lagome)

  1. serviceable, useful
  2. good

References

Swedish

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Etymology

The adjective is attested since 1637, from the plural dative form of lag (“law”), so literally "with the laws". The adverb is attested since 1675.

A common folk etymology states that it comes from laget om, meaning "to the whole team, group, retinue". The idea is that this is from the time of Viking long houses, where everyone would gather and drink mead and eat. In order for the mead not to run out, everyone would take not too little and not too much, so that there would be enough for the whole group.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑːˌɡɔm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɑːɡɔm

Adverb

lagom (comparative mer lagom, superlative mest lagom)

  1. (just) right, fitting, neither too much nor too little
    Soppan är lagom saltad.
    The soup is salted just right.
    Den här lägenheten är precis lagom stor för min dotter.
    This apartment is just the right size for my daughter.

Adjective

lagom (not comparable, indeclinable)

  1. (just) right, fitting, neither too much nor too little
    Är kaffet för varmt? —Nej, det är lagom.
    Is the coffee too hot? —No, it's just right.

Usage notes

In the modern language lagom is indeclinable, but in older texts the declined forms lagomt and lagoma occur sporadically.

Derived terms

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

lagom (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. gathering of things together; collection
    Synonyms: tipon, pagtitipon
  2. summing up; totaling
    Synonyms: pagbuo, pagbubuo, pagsasama-sama
  3. summary
    Synonyms: buod, kabuoran
  4. act of summarizing
    Synonyms: pagbubuod, paglalagom
  5. monopoly
    Synonyms: monopolyo, abarka

Derived terms

  • kalaguman
  • lagumin
  • lumagom
  • malagom
  • manlalagom
  • mapanlagom
  • paglagom
  • paglagom-lagumin
  • paglalagom
  • panlalagom
  • suglaguman

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