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 English |
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passend; treffend; gelungen {adj} ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "passend"){kind=small} |
happy |
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| gelungen {adj} |
successful |
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| ... ist dir gut gelungen | You've made a good job of ...; You've done a good job on ... | |
| Das Bild ist gut gelungen. | The picture has turned out well. | |
| Der Kuchen ist mir nicht ganz gelungen. | The cake hasn't quite turned out as I'd hoped (intended). | |
| Operation gelungen, Patient tot! [übtr.] | Operation successful, patient dead! | |
| Operation gelungen, Patient tot! [übtr.] | It was a perfectly organized disaster (cock-up)! | |
| gelingen {vi} |
to succeed; to be successful |
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| gelingend | succeeding | |
| gelungen |
succeeded |
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| es gelingt | it succeeds | |
| es gelang | it succeeded | |
| Es gelang ihr, etw. zu tun | She succeeded in doing sth. | |
| es gelänge; es würde gelingen | it would succeed | |
| Der Plan ist schließlich gelungen. | Finally the plan succeeded. | |
| Es ist mir gelungen, die Sätze zu übersetzen. | I succeeded in translating the sentences. |