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gelangen

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German gelangen, from Old High German gilangōn, synchronically analyzed as an ablaut formation from gelingen (to succeed) (Duden).

Verb

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gelangen (weak, third-person singular present gelangt, past tense gelangte, past participle gelangt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to reach, get to, end up in (a place, location)
    Das kurze Video gelangte in falsche Hände.
    The short video ended up in the wrong hands.
  2. (intransitive, with zu) to reach, arrive at (a destination)
    Wir liefen stundenlang, um zur Grenze zu gelangen.
    We walked for hours to reach the border.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "reach" sense of Etymology 1.

Verb

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gelangen

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of gelingen

Further reading

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  • gelangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gelangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gelangen” in Duden online
  • gelangen” in OpenThesaurus.de