Glück
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gelücke (12th century), at first along the Lower and Middle Rhine. Probably borrowed from Old Dutch *gilukki as part of the Flemish knight culture; compare Middle Dutch gelucke (1240), whence modern Dutch geluk. (The fact that the word is attested in High German before Dutch must be disregarded in view of the minimal attestation of Old Dutch as a whole.) Further origin unknown. Theories include a relation with Dutch luiken (“to close”) in the sense of “that which is concluded, determined”, or with German gelingen (“to succeed”), which is not attested in Dutch, however. Compare English luck for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Glück n (strong, genitive Glückes or Glücks, no plural)
- happiness, joy, bliss (state or emotion)
- luck, success (mostly when seen as dependant on unearned, accidental factors)
- Synonym: (broader) Erfolg
- Antonyms: Pech, Misserfolg, Scheitern
- Er hatte immer schon viel Glück bei den Frauen.
- He’s always had a lot of luck with the ladies.
- good luck, chance (positive coincidence)
- (only in specific contexts) luck, chance, coincidence in general, fate
Declension
[edit]Declension of Glück [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- Anfängerglück
- Angst-Glücks-Psychose
- beglücken
- Bruttonationalglück
- Eheglück
- Familienglück
- Glück im Unglück
- glückbringend
- glücken
- glücklich
- glücklos
- Glücksache
- Glücksautomat
- Glücksbärchi
- Glücksbarometer
- Glücksbaum
- Glücksbote
- Glücksbringer
- Glücksbursche
- Glückscent
- Glücksdrache
- glückselig
- Glücksempfinden
- Glücksfall
- Glücksfeder
- Glücksfee
- Glücksformel
- Glücksforscher
- Glücksforschung
- Glücksgefühl
- Glücksgöttin
- Glücksgriff
- Glückshaube
- Glückshormon
- Glücksjäger
- Glückskastanie
- Glückskatze
- Glückskeks
- Glückskerl
- Glückskind
- Glücksklee
- Glückslaterne
- Glückslos
- Glücksmoment
- Glückspfennig
- Glückspille
- Glückspilz
- Glückspunkt
- Glücksquelle
- Glücksrad
- Glücksritter
- Glückssache
- Glücksschwein
- Glücksserie
- Glücksspiel
- Glücksspinne
- Glücksstein
- Glücksstern
- Glückssträhne
- Glücksstreben
- Glückssymbol
- Glückstag
- Glückstaler
- Glückstee
- Glückstopf
- Glückstor
- glückstrahlend
- Glücksträne
- Glückstreffer
- Glückstropfen
- Glückswidderchen
- Glückszahl
- Glückszustand
- glückverheißend
- Glückwunsch
- Großmutterglück
- Großvaterglück
- Jagdglück
- Kinderglück
- Kriegsglück
- Lebensglück
- Liebesglück
- Losglück
- mehr Glück als Verstand
- missglücken
- Mordsglück
- Mutterglück
- Omaglück
- Onkelglück
- Opaglück
- Tantenglück
- Urgroßmutterglück
- Urgroßvaterglück
- Uromaglück
- Uropaglück
- Vaterglück
- zum Glück
- zwangsbeglücken
Further reading
[edit]- “Glück” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Glück” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Glück” in Duden online
- Glück on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Glück”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891