lagom
/ˈlɑː.ɡəm/noun
lagom is a noun meaning “The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-G-O-M, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does lagom mean?
noun
- 1
The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lagom?
- /ˈlɑː.ɡəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lagom?
Lagom appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does lagom come from?
Borrowed from Swedish lagom (“just right”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).