Sentences with German verb gelingen

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verb
gelingen
noun
Gelingen, das

Present

  • Ihm gelingt alles. 
    English He succeeds in everything.
  • Inzwischen gelingt mir das recht gut. 
    English I've become pretty good at doing that.
  • Mit Geduld und Eifer gelingt jede Arbeit. 
    English With patience and zeal, every task succeeds.
  • Was er auch anpackt, gelingt Tom. 
    English Regardless of what Tom does, he does it well.
  • Mary gelingt einfach alles, was sie anpackt. 
    English Mary can turn her hand to just about anything.
  • Zweifel misslingt, Glaube gelingt . 
    English Doubt fails, faith succeeds.
  • Mir gelingt nichts. 
    English I succeed at nothing.
  • Wenn man alles berechnet, gelingt nichts. 
    English If you calculate everything, nothing succeeds.

Imperfect

  • Tom gelang die Flucht. 
    English Tom managed to escape.
  • Es gelang den Eltern, ihn zu beruhigen. 
    English The parents succeeded in calming him down.
  • Es gelang ihm, durch ein Fenster zu entfliehen. 
    English He managed to escape through a window.
  • Den Angreifern gelang leicht die Flucht. 
    English The attackers escaped easily.
  • Tom gelang die Wiederwahl zum Bürgermeister. 
    English Tom was re-elected mayor.
  • Die Abtötung der Bakterien gelang nicht vollständig. 
    English The killing of the bacteria was not completely successful.
  • Es gelang mir hineinzukommen. 
    English I managed to get in.
  • Das gelang ihm nur unvollkommen. 
    English He only succeeded in this incompletely.
  • Dem Spieler gelang ein glänzendes Comeback. 
    English The player made a splendid comeback.
  • Dem Gefangenen gelang es, seine Fesseln durchzubeißen. 
    English The prisoner managed to bite through his shackles.

Present Subj.

  • Schau selbst nach deinem Dinge, willst du, dass dir gelinge . 
    English Look after your things yourself, do you want it to succeed for you.

Imperf. Subj.

  • Wäre ich Sie, gelänge es mir. 
    English If I were you, I'd be able to succeed.

Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Dein Plan wird bestimmt gelingen . 
    English Your plan is sure to succeed.
  • Die Klassenarbeit hätte mir besser gelingen können. 
    English I could have done better on the test.
  • Das kann gar nicht gelingen , wenn du es von der Seite aus versuchst, du musst direkt von vorne kommen. 
    English This cannot succeed if you try from the side, you must come directly from the front.
  • Die Zusammensetzung der Bauteile wollte einfach nicht gelingen . 
    English The composition of the components simply would not succeed.

Participle

  • Es ist mir gelungen . 
    English I've succeeded in doing it.
  • Diesmal ist mir die Kirschtorte aber richtig gut gelungen . 
    English This time, I really succeeded in making the cherry cake.

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Indicative

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  • Ihm gelingt alles. 
    English He succeeds in everything.
  • Tom gelang die Flucht. 
    English Tom managed to escape.
  • Inzwischen gelingt mir das recht gut. 
    English I've become pretty good at doing that.
  • Es gelang den Eltern, ihn zu beruhigen. 
    English The parents succeeded in calming him down.
  • Mit Geduld und Eifer gelingt jede Arbeit. 
    English With patience and zeal, every task succeeds.
  • Es gelang ihm, durch ein Fenster zu entfliehen. 
    English He managed to escape through a window.
  • Den Angreifern gelang leicht die Flucht. 
    English The attackers escaped easily.
  • Was er auch anpackt, gelingt Tom. 
    English Regardless of what Tom does, he does it well.
  • Mary gelingt einfach alles, was sie anpackt. 
    English Mary can turn her hand to just about anything.
  • Zweifel misslingt, Glaube gelingt . 
    English Doubt fails, faith succeeds.
  • Tom gelang die Wiederwahl zum Bürgermeister. 
    English Tom was re-elected mayor.
  • Die Abtötung der Bakterien gelang nicht vollständig. 
    English The killing of the bacteria was not completely successful.
  • Mir gelingt nichts. 
    English I succeed at nothing.
  • Es gelang mir hineinzukommen. 
    English I managed to get in.
  • Das gelang ihm nur unvollkommen. 
    English He only succeeded in this incompletely.

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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Active for gelingen


  • Wäre ich Sie, gelänge es mir. 
    English If I were you, I'd be able to succeed.
  • Schau selbst nach deinem Dinge, willst du, dass dir gelinge . 
    English Look after your things yourself, do you want it to succeed for you.

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Translations

Translation of German gelingen


German gelingen
English succeed, work, accomplish, achieve, be successful, come off, go smoothly, work out
Russian удаваться, получаться, удаться, выходить, получиться, преуспевать, ладиться, успешно завершать
Spanish conseguir, lograr, lograrse, quedar bien, resultar, salir, salir bien, tener éxito
French réussir
Turkish başarmak, başarıyla sonuçlanmak, başarıyla tamamlamak
Portuguese conseguir, atingir, dar certo, dar resultado, lograr, resultar, sair bem, vingar
Italian riuscire, addivenire a, avere successo, quagliare
Romanian reuşi, reuși
Hungarian sikerül
Polish udać się, powieść się, osiągnąć sukces, powieść
Greek καταφέρνω, πετυχαίνω, επιτυγχάνω
Dutch slagen, lukken, succesvol zijn
Czech podařit se, dařit se, povést se, zdařit se, uspět
Swedish lyckas, gå bra
Danish lykkes
Japanese 成功する, うまく行く, うまくいく
Catalan aconseguir, tenir èxit
Finnish onnistua, sujua, menestyä
Norwegian lykkes, få til
Basque lortu, arrakastaz amaitu
Serbian uspeti, uspešno završiti
Macedonian успешно завршување
Slovenian uspeh, uspeti
Slowakisch podariť sa, uspieť
Bosnian uspeti, uspjeti
Croatian biti uspješan, uspjeti
Ukrainian вдаватися, досягати успіху, процвітати
Bulgarian успешно завършвам, успявам
Belorussian дасцягнуць, дасягнуць
Hebrewלהצליח
Arabicأفلحَ - نجح، اتفق، استفلح، افلح، ناجح، نجح، ينجح
Persianموفق شدن، نتیجه دادن
Urduکامیاب ہونا، کامیابی

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 133897, 709596, 75664, 31600

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 3460905, 6774714, 604677, 10172887, 3987218, 2905512, 7902527, 8370299, 2973637, 5203650, 1683955, 10645459, 7448620, 3850533, 1422600, 1960281, 2195430, 1990892, 381651, 7955191, 10292473

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 75664

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