gelukkig
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch gelukkig, from Middle Dutch geluckig.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gelukkig (attributive gelukkige, comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigste)
Antonyms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch geluckig. Equivalent to geluk + -ig.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gelukkig (comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigst)
- happy; generally in life. For momentarily, see blij.
- Gelukkig getrouwd
- Happily married
- pleased, satisfied, fulfilled
- Ik heb alles wat ik nodig heb, ik ben gelukkig.
- I have everything I need, I'm fulfilled.
- lucky
Usage notes edit
Indefinite adjectives describing people often remain uninflected, if they express a personal quality. This is not stylistically neutral, but has a formal, rhetorical or poetic ring to it, and can occasionally distinguish literal meanings of an adjective from a more figurative one. Furthermore, this is only done with some nouns, not all. Hence, besides the regularly inflected "een gelukkige man", the uninflected "een gelukkig man" can also be encountered.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of gelukkig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gelukkig | |||
| inflected | gelukkige | |||
| comparative | gelukkiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gelukkig | gelukkiger | het gelukkigst het gelukkigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste |
| n. sing. | gelukkig | gelukkiger | gelukkigste | |
| plural | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste | |
| definite | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste | |
| partitive | gelukkigs | gelukkigers | — | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Adverb edit
gelukkig
- luckily
- Gelukkig won ik de weddenschap.
- Luckily I won the bet.
- thankfully
- Gelukkig verliep de operatie goed.
- Thankfully the operation went well.
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: gelukkig