gelukkig
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch gelukkig, from Middle Dutch geluckig.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgelukkig (attributive gelukkige, comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigste)
Antonyms
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch geluckig. Equivalent to geluk + -ig.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgelukkig (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
editIndefinite 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.
Declension
editDeclension of gelukkig | ||||
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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
editDescendants
editAdverb
editgelukkig
- 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
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