gelungen
German, adjective/ɡəˈlʊŋən/
gelungen is spelled G-E-L-U-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,312th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelungen is a German adjective meaning “successful, well done” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of gelingen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “rückblickend betrachtet: positive Erwartung vollständig erfüllend, mit ganz und gar gutem Ergebnis”.
What does gelungen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
successful, well done
- 2
informalodd, strange in a funny way
Das ist ja mal ein gelungener Zufall!
verb
- 1
past participle of gelingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. rückblickend betrachtet: positive Erwartung vollständig erfüllend, mit ganz und gar gutem Ergebnis 2. einen erheiternden Eindruck machend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gelungen
- gelungener masculine nominative singular
- am gelungensten superlative
- gelungene feminine nominative singular
- gelungenes neuter nominative singular
- gelungenen genitive masculine singular
- gelungenem dative masculine singular
- der gelungene definite includes-article masculine
- die gelungene definite feminine includes-article
- das gelungene definite includes-article neuter
- die gelungenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gelungenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gelungenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gelungenen dative definite includes-article
- gel. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gelungen?
- /ɡəˈlʊŋən/
- [ɡəˈlʊŋən]
- [ɡəˈlʊŋn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gelungen in German?
gelungen appears 25 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).