gelungen

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Definitions

  • adj. Successful.

Example Sentences

  • "The lecture, he grumbled, was not a success—nisht [not]-gelungen—because, having misjudged the time allotment, he’d had to omit an entire section of his prepared remarks." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • געלונגען gelungen

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      gelungin

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