happy

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
2. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
3. (archaic) Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
4. Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
5. (usually) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
6. (in-compounds) Favoring or inclined to use.
7. (often, rare) Dexterous, ready, skilful.
8. Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.

Noun

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Verb

1. (informal, intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
2. (informal, transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Concepten

gelukkig

😀

blij

😀

zegenrijk

tevreden

vrolijk

verheugd

bedreven

handig

kundig

lustig

monter

opgewekt

verblijd

blijde

zegenrijk

vergenoegd

goedgeluimd

voldaan

😆

goedgehumeurd

blijgeestig

boffend

joviaal

blijmoedig

brooddronken

blij

verblijd

heuglijk

Tegenovergesteld aan

blue, depressed, down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, unhappy, blissed out, blissful, cock-a-hoop, content, delighted, ecstatic, elated, excited, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jovial, joyful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, over the moon, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, disenchanted, dissatisfied, inappropriate, inapt, unfelicitous

Synoniemen

glad

joyful

cheerful

pleased

merry

delighted

fortunate

rejoice

lucky

happiness

prosperous

joyous

pleasant

blessed

satisfied

😆

contented

content

joy

😂

auspicious

blissful

jolly

gay

delight

delightful

jovial

successful

gleeful

festive

well

elated

comfortable

mirthful

good

👍

gratified

bright

lively

be happy

jubilant

felicitous

like

intoxicated

carefree

safe

peaceful

genial

please

oblivious

exhilarated

exult

lighthearted

Vertalingen

heureux

😀

glücklich

😀

feliz

😀

content

felice

😀

joyeux

alegre

contento

feliz

😀

feliç

😀

fröhlich

froh

ευτυχισμένος

contento

😆

afortunado

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhæpi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan IJslands: heppinn

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: heppen

Verwant aan Schots: happin

In summary

From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.

Zinnen

They would be happy and we would be happy .

Ze zouden gelukkig zijn en we zouden gelukkig zijn.

Just the way yours do when you're happy .

Precies zoals de jouwe doet als je gelukkig bent.