gelungen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈlʊŋən/, [ɡəˈlʊŋən], [ɡəˈlʊŋn̩]
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Adjective
gelungen
- successful, well done
- (informal, perhaps regional) odd, strange in a funny way
- Das ist ja mal ein gelungener Zufall!
- Now that’s a funny coincidence!
Declension
Positive forms of gelungen
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist gelungen | sie ist gelungen | es ist gelungen | sie sind gelungen | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gelungener | gelungene | gelungenes | gelungene |
genitive | gelungenen | gelungener | gelungenen | gelungener | |
dative | gelungenem | gelungener | gelungenem | gelungenen | |
accusative | gelungenen | gelungene | gelungenes | gelungene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gelungene | die gelungene | das gelungene | die gelungenen |
genitive | des gelungenen | der gelungenen | des gelungenen | der gelungenen | |
dative | dem gelungenen | der gelungenen | dem gelungenen | den gelungenen | |
accusative | den gelungenen | die gelungene | das gelungene | die gelungenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gelungener | eine gelungene | ein gelungenes | (keine) gelungenen |
genitive | eines gelungenen | einer gelungenen | eines gelungenen | (keiner) gelungenen | |
dative | einem gelungenen | einer gelungenen | einem gelungenen | (keinen) gelungenen | |
accusative | einen gelungenen | eine gelungene | ein gelungenes | (keine) gelungenen |
Comparative forms of gelungen
Superlative forms of gelungen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Variant of gelongen (“well done, felicitous”), participle of geléngen; influenced phonetically by German gelungen, which also has a regional or informal sense “odd in a funny way”. At first said of funny coincidences, events, stories, ideas; then generalised. In Luxembourgish perhaps also associated with gelunn (regionally also gelugen), past participle of léien (“to tell lies”), and hence the more negative sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeˈluŋen/, [ɡəˈluŋən]
Adjective
gelungen (masculine gelungenen, neuter gelungent, comparative méi gelungen, superlative am gelungensten)
Declension
declension of gelungen
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass gelungen | si ass gelungen | et ass gelungen | si si(nn) gelungen | |
without article | nominative/accusative | gelungenen | gelungen | gelungent | gelungen |
dative | gelungenem | gelungener | gelungenem | gelungenen | |
with article | nominative/accusative | gelungenen | gelungen | gelungent | gelungen |
dative | gelungenen | gelungener | gelungenen | gelungenen |
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