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Good food, good drink, good friends

Dutch translation: Het was (heel) gezellig

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English term or phrase:	Good food, good drink, good friends
Dutch translation:	Het was (heel) gezellig
Entered by:	Jos Essers

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21:46 Jul 11, 2002

English to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: Good food, good drink, good friends

a saying

Jessica

Het was (heel) gezellig

Explanation:
Hi Jessica,

I think this calls for the Dutch word 'gezellig'. Everybody in Holland says there is no English word for "gezellig" but "Good food, good drink, good friends" sounds 'gezellig' to me.

Google came up with:
Derek's was full of fun, good times, laughter and the Canadian wilderness.
Well, okay, cottage country anyway. Good food, good drink, good friends.
www.derekandheidi.com/original/other.html

Rancho AnaGregoria Activities. Rest, relaxation, good food, good drink, good
friends, and good times are the order of the day at Rancho AnaGregoria. ...
www.anagregoria.com/active.asp

We enjoyed Thanksgiving and Christmas parties just like last year - good food,
good drink, good friends. Well, that's just about all the major stuff. ...
www.qsl.net/w1ors/1995reviewyear.htm

It would be nice if they aren't all dirty and muddy. Club House. Dick
Pilz. To sum it up-Good food. Good drink. Good friends. Let's eat. ...
www.osfci.org/wester48/pr4.html

So it depends on the context. If the sentence sort of sums up the text (talking about the food and who was there etc), then you could simply say "het was (heel) gezellig".
Of course if you want a literal translation of the term then Chanti's answer should do.

HTH
Ellemiek

Selected response from:

Ellemiek Drucker
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:45

Grading comment

Thanks for your help!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

(een avondje) gezellig tafelen

Chris Hopley

Het was (heel) gezellig

Ellemiek Drucker

goed eten, goed drinken, goede vrienden

Chantal Henno

2 +2

lekker eten, lekker drinken, goed gezelschap

Christine Hufkens

Answers

43 mins confidence:

goed eten, goed drinken, goede vrienden

Explanation:
This is the literal translation but being a native Dutch-speaking person I couldn't think of a saying that is an alternative. It sounds good anyway.
Regards,
Chanti

Chantal Henno
Belgium
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 402

10 hrs confidence:

Het was (heel) gezellig

Ellemiek Drucker
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:45
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 57

Grading comment

Thanks for your help!!!

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

lekker eten, lekker drinken, goed gezelschap

Explanation:
I agree that there is no such saying un Dutch.
I think that "good" can also be translated by "lekker", but then of course the three "good"s are lost.

Christine Hufkens
Belgium
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of:

Flemish,

Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 10

22 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(een avondje) gezellig tafelen

Explanation:
Literally this phrase means something like "(an evening of) convivial dining", but it includes all the elements of good food, good drink and good company.

Reference: http://home.wanadoo.nl/turbo.opa/RondreisHongarije/27.jpg.ht...

Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: