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German
Etymology
Glück + -lich. Cognate to Silesian East Central German glücklich, Low German glücklik (Paderbornisch) and Yiddish גליקלעך (gliklekh).
Pronunciation
Adjective
glücklich (strong nominative masculine singular glücklicher, comparative glücklicher, superlative am glücklichsten)
- (of living beings) happy; both momentarily and generally in life
- Synonym: (narrower sense) froh
- Antonym: unglücklich
- 1761, Johann Friedrich von Cronegk, Des Freyherrn Johann Friedrich von Cronegk Schriften. Erster Band, 2nd edition, Anspach, p. 297 ():
O glücklichs, glücklichs Volk, vergnügt in niedern Hütten,
Mit ungeschwächtem Muth, mit ungeschmückten Sitten,
Der Tugend, der Natur und edler Einfalt treu,
Dem Fürsten unbekannt, arm, niedrig, aber frey!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of events) lucky; fortunate
- Antonyms: glücklos, unglücklich
Usage notes
The German equivalent of lucky (applied to a person) is Glück haben:
- Sie hat Glück ― She is lucky.
- Sie ist glücklich. ― She is happy.
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