gelungen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈlʊŋən/, [ɡəˈlʊŋən], [ɡəˈlʊŋn̩]
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Adjective
gelungen (strong nominative masculine singular gelungener, comparative gelungener, superlative am gelungensten)
- 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
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 | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | gelungenen | gelungen | gelungent | gelungen |
independent without determiner | gelungenes | gelungener | |||
dative | after any declined word | gelungenen | gelungener | gelungenen | gelungenen |
as first declined word | gelungenem | gelungenem |
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