gelingen

B1 Verb frequency rank #3,356

What gelingen means

Verb

to turn out well, to work out, to go smoothly, to succeed, to come off

Forms

gelingen · gelingt · gelang · ist gelungen

Pronunciation

gelingen in a sentence

Während sie über die Brücke ging, glitt sie aus, doch es gelang ihr, sich aufzufangen.

As she crossed the bridge she slipped over, but she managed to catch herself.

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gelingen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #3,356 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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