ongeluk
Meaning
- (neuter) unhappiness, misery
- (neuter) accident
- (neuter,uncountable) bad luck, misfortune
Concepts
accident
misfortune
bad luck
misadventure
mishap
mischance
adversity
disaster
unhappiness
misery
woe
casualty
evil
infelicity
ill luck
sadness
crash
good luck
ill-luck
plague
ills
ambsace
casus
cataclysm
catastrophe
fatalities
misfortunes
mishaps
malfortune
natural resin
tough luck
unluckiness
wretchedness
Frequency
Hyphenated as
on‧ge‧luk
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔŋ.ɣəˌlʏk/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ongeluc. Equivalent to on- + geluk.
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