See also: Gelingen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German gelingen, from Old High German gilingan, a prefixed form of lingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan. Compare Yiddish געלינגען (gelingen).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɪŋən/, [ɡəˈʃlɪŋŋ̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ge‧lin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

Verb edit

gelingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present gelingt, past tense gelang, past participle gelungen, past subjunctive gelänge, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly, to succeed, to come off
    Synonym: glücken
    Antonym: misslingen
    • 2011, Lorett Sachs, Glück (k)ein Geheimnis: Lyrik für viele Stimmungen, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 7, poem Guten Morgen - neuer Tag:
      Deine Stunden, Augenblicke
      mal sehen, ob du gelingst.
      Your hours, moments
      let's see if you turn out well.
    • 2011, Heiko Alexander, Erfolg beginnt im Kopf: Die Geheimnisse des NLP, C. H. Beck (e-book version without page numbers):
      […] Sie [können] zu einer Sache auch sagen: Du bist eine Kleinigkeit und als solche nehme ich dich wahr. Selbst wenn du mir jetzt nicht gelingst, wird mich das nicht aufhalten!
      […] you [can] also say to an affair: You are child's play and thus I perceive you. Even if you don't work out by now, this can not stop me!
    • 2015, Tim Krohn, Nachts in Vals:
      Während sie über die Brücke ging, glitt sie aus, doch es gelang ihr, sich aufzufangen.
      As she crossed the bridge she slipped over, but she managed to catch herself.

Usage notes edit

  • Chiefly used impersonally (i.e. in the third person). The other forms (first and second person) are uncommon and poetic.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • gelingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gelingen” in Duden online
  • gelingen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • gelingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *gilingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan.

Verb edit

gelingen

  1. to succeed
  2. to happen to befall
  3. to be pleasing, to be satisfying

Inflection edit

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