gelukkig
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch gelukkig, from Middle Dutch geluckig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gelukkig (attributive gelukkige, comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigste)
Antonyms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch geluckig. Equivalent to geluk + -ig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gelukkig (comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigst)
- happy; generally in life. For momentarily, see blij.
- Gelukkig getrouwd
- Happily married
- pleased, satisfied, fulfilled
- Ik heb alles wat ik nodig heb, ik ben gelukkig.
- I have everything I need, I'm fulfilled.
- lucky
Usage notes
[edit]Indefinite adjectives describing people often remain uninflected, if they express a personal quality. This is not stylistically neutral, but has a formal, rhetorical or poetic ring to it, and can occasionally distinguish literal meanings of an adjective from a more figurative one. Furthermore, this is only done with some nouns, not all. Hence, besides the regularly inflected "een gelukkige man", the uninflected "een gelukkig man" can also be encountered.
Declension
[edit]Declension of gelukkig | ||||
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uninflected | gelukkig | |||
inflected | gelukkige | |||
comparative | gelukkiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | gelukkig | gelukkiger | het gelukkigst het gelukkigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste |
n. sing. | gelukkig | gelukkiger | gelukkigste | |
plural | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste | |
definite | gelukkige | gelukkigere | gelukkigste | |
partitive | gelukkigs | gelukkigers | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Adverb
[edit]gelukkig
- luckily
- Gelukkig won ik de weddenschap.
- Luckily I won the bet.
- thankfully
- Gelukkig verliep de operatie goed.
- Thankfully the operation went well.
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: gelukkig
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