gelingen
Meaning
to turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly, to succeed, to come off
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ge‧lin‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈlɪŋən/
Etymology
From Middle High German gelingen, from Old High German gilingan, a prefixed form of lingan, from Proto-West Germanic *lingwan. Compare Yiddish געלינגען (gelingen).
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