gelukkig

From Dutch gelukkig, from Middle Dutch geluckig.

• IPA^(key): /χəˈlœ.kəχ/

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gelukkig (attributive gelukkige, comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigste)

1. happy

• ongelukkig

From Middle Dutch geluckig. Equivalent to geluk +‎ -ig.

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈlʏ.kəx/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧luk‧kig
• Rhymes: -ʏkəx

gelukkig (comparative gelukkiger, superlative gelukkigst)

1. happy; generally in life. For momentarily, see blij.

   Gelukkig getrouwd

   Happily married

2. pleased, satisfied, fulfilled

   Ik heb alles wat ik nodig heb, ik ben gelukkig.

   I have everything I need, I'm fulfilled.

3. lucky

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.

• gelukkige verjaardag
• gelukkigerwijs
• Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

• Negerhollands: gluklik, gleklik, glykkig

gelukkig

1. luckily

   Gelukkig won ik de weddenschap.

   Luckily I won the bet.

2. thankfully

   Gelukkig verliep de operatie goed.

   Thankfully the operation went well.

• Afrikaans: gelukkig