gelingen
See also: Gelingen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gelingen, from Old High German gilingan, a prefixed form of lingan, from Proto-Germanic *lingwaną. Compare Yiddish געלינגען (gelingen).
Pronunciation
Verb
gelingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present gelingt, past tense gelang, past participle gelungen, past subjunctive gelänge, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to succeed, to manage to
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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.
- 2011, Lorett Sachs, Glück (k)ein Geheimnis: Lyrik für viele Stimmungen, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 7, poem Guten Morgen - neuer Tag:
Usage notes
- Chiefly used impersonally (i.e. in the third person). The other forms (first and second person) are uncommon and poetic.
Conjugation
infinitive | gelingen | ||||
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present participle | gelingend | ||||
past participle | gelungen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gelinge | wir gelingen | i | ich gelinge | wir gelingen |
du gelingst | ihr gelingt | du gelingest | ihr gelinget | ||
er gelingt | sie gelingen | er gelinge | sie gelingen | ||
preterite | ich gelang | wir gelangen | ii | ich gelänge1 | wir gelängen1 |
du gelangst | ihr gelangt | du gelängest1 du gelängst1 |
ihr gelänget1 ihr gelängt1 | ||
er gelang | sie gelangen | er gelänge1 | sie gelängen1 | ||
imperative | geling (du) gelinge (du) |
gelingt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
- “gelingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “gelingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “gelingen” in Duden online
- “gelingen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gilingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan.
Verb
gelingen
- to succeed
- to happen to befall
- to be pleasing, to be satisfying
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gelingen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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