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German
Etymology
From be- + Glück + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈɡlʏkən/
- Hyphenation: be‧glü‧cken
Verb
beglücken (weak, third-person singular present beglückt, past tense beglückte, past participle beglückt, auxiliary haben)
- to make happy, to delight
Ihre Antwort beglückte ihn zutiefst.- Her answer made him deeply happy.
Wie schön, dass Sie uns heute mit Ihrer Anwesenheit beglücken.- How nice that you delight us with your presence today. (Teacher to an often absent student)
Ständig erzählt er, wie viel Frauen er schon beglückt hat.- He's always on about how many women he's already had in bed / satisfied.
1915 October, Franz Kafka, “Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]”, in Die Weißen Blätter , volume 2, number 10, Verlag der Weißen Bücher:[…] [Und war] ein Reisender geworden, der natürlich ganz andere Möglichkeiten des Geldverdienens hatte, und dessen Arbeitserfolge sich sofort in Form der Provision zu Bargeld verwandelten, das der erstaunten und beglückten Familie zu Hause auf den Tisch gelegt werden konnte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Most often found in the participles beglückend and beglückt. Otherwise literal use is formal and the subject tends to be an event. When used with a personal subject, it now usually has an ironic/sarcastic tone or there is a sexual allusion.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
beglücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
beglücken (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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