geluk
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch geluk, from Middle Dutch geluc, further origin unknown. Found only in West Germanic (as a word of native origin). Compare English luck, West Frisian gelok, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke, Swedish lycka, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeluk (uncountable)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch geluc, further origin unknown. Found only in West Germanic (as a word of native origin). More at German Glück (“joy, bliss, luck”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeluk n (plural gelukken, diminutive gelukje n)
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