From en.wiktionary.org:
[Gelingen]
** German
*** Etymology
[de] From [de], from [de], a prefixed form of [goh], from [de]. Compare [yi].
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[gelingen < gelang,gelungen,gelänge.sein>]
1. [de] to turn out well , to work out , to go smoothly , to succeed , to come off
2. * 2011 , Lorett Sachs, _Glück (k)ein Geheimnis: Lyrik für viele Stimmungen_ , BoD – Books on Demand <small> [978-3-8423-1699-7] </small> , page 7, poem _Guten Morgen - neuer Tag_ :
3. *: [de]
4. * 2011 , Heiko Alexander, _Erfolg beginnt im Kopf: Die Geheimnisse des NLP_ , C. H. Beck (e-book version without page numbers):
5. *: [de]
6. * {{ quote-text | de | year=2015 | author=Tim Krohn | title=Nachts in Vals
|passage=Während sie über die Brücke ging, glitt sie aus, doch es GELANG ihr,
sich aufzufangen.|t=As she crossed the bridge she slipped over, but she
MANAGED to catch herself.}}
**** Usage notes
- Chiefly used impersonally (i.e. in the third person). The other forms (first and second person) are uncommon and poetic.
**** Conjugation
[gelingen < gelang,gelungen,gelänge.sein>]
**** Related terms
- [de]
- [de] , [de]
- [de]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:DWDS]
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:OpenThesaurus]
- [R:de:UniLeipzig]
** Middle Dutch
*** Etymology
[dum] From [dum], from [dum].
*** Verb
[dum-verb]
1. to succeed
2. to happen to befall
3. to be pleasing , to be satisfying
**** Inflection
[dum]
*** Further reading
- [11611]