Noun: Glück
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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Das größte Glück im Leben ist es, geliebt zu werden. (The greatest joy in life is to be loved.)
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das Streben nach Glück (pursuit of happiness)
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Er hatte immer schon viel Glück bei den Frauen. (He’s always had a lot of luck with the ladies.)
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Viel Glück! (Good luck!)
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Glück und Pech sind zwei Seiten einer Medaille. (Good luck and bad luck are two sides of a coin.)
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Es war reines Glück, dass ich die Antwort wusste. (It was pure luck that I knew the answer.)
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Das Spiel basiert nur auf Glück. (The game is based entirely on chance.)
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Er haderte mit seinem Glück. (He bemoaned his luck/fate.)
Nouns inflected like Glück
Denunziantentum,
Himmelreich,
Ultraschall,
Büchsenlicht,
Katzengold,
Bummelantentum,
Beischlafdiebstahl,
Mitleid,
Unternehmertum,
Dönerfleisch,
Bürgergeld,
Bürgersinn,
Blumenpflückverbot,
Politbetrieb,
Größenwahn,
Rauhreif,
Verbrechertum,
Raubwild,
Bordgepäck,
Landesverrat, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German gelücke (12th century), at first along the Lower and Middle Rhine. Probably borrowed from Old Dutch *gilukki as part of the Flemish knight culture; compare Middle Dutch gelucke (1240), whence modern Dutch geluk. (The fact that the word is attested in High German before Dutch must be disregarded in view of the minimal attestation of Old Dutch as a whole.)
2. Further origin unknown. Theories include a relation with Dutch luiken (“to close”) in the sense of “that which is concluded, determined”, or with German gelingen (“to succeed”), which is not attested in Dutch, however. Compare English luck for more. See: Dutch Nouns '
geluk', English Nouns '
luck'.
Verbs referencing "Glück"
English Nouns
luck, English Nouns
fluke, Dutch Nouns
geluk, Swedish Nouns
lycka, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
lukke.
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