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Brunos Kuchen ist heute besonders gut gelungen. Bruno's cake turned out especially well today.

verb · B1

gelingen

[ɡəˈlɪŋən]

to succeed, to work out, to turn out well

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Other Examples

  • Endlich gelingt es mir, die Hörtexte zu verstehen.

    At last I manage to understand the listening texts.

  • Ist es dir gelungen, einen Termin zu bekommen?

    Did you manage to get an appointment?

  • Beim Schreiben gelang Otti fast alles.

    In the writing part, Otti got almost everything right.

  • Nicht jedes Foto gelingt uns beim ersten Mal.

    Not every photo turns out well for us the first time.

  • Die Überraschungsparty für Frida ist euch super gelungen!

    You really pulled off the surprise party for Frida!

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es gelingt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es gelang The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es ist gelungen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich gelingegelangbin gelungen
du gelingstgelangstbist gelungen
er/sie/es gelingtgelangist gelungen
wir gelingengelangensind gelungen
ihr gelingtgelangtseid gelungen
sie/Sie gelingengelangensind gelungen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich war gelungenwerde gelingenwerde gelungen sein
du warst gelungenwirst gelingenwirst gelungen sein
er/sie/es war gelungenwird gelingenwird gelungen sein
wir waren gelungenwerden gelingenwerden gelungen sein
ihr wart gelungenwerdet gelingenwerdet gelungen sein
sie/Sie waren gelungenwerden gelingenwerden gelungen sein
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich gelänge
du gelängst
er/sie/es gelänge
wir gelängen
ihr gelängt
sie/Sie gelängen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du geling!
ihr gelingt!
Sie gelingen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ge prefix ling root en ending

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

gelungenmisslingen

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