gelangen

See also: gelängen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈlaŋən]
  • Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Etymology 1

From Middle High German gelangen, from Old High German gilangōn, synchronically analyzed as an ablaut formation from gelingen (to succeed) (Duden).

Verb

gelangen (weak, third-person singular present gelangt, past tense gelangte, past participle gelangt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to reach, get to, end up in (a place, location)
    Das kurze Video gelangte in falsche Hände.
    The short video ended up in the wrong hands.
  2. (intransitive, with zu) to reach, arrive at (a destination)
    Wir liefen stundenlang, um zur Grenze zu gelangen.
    We walked for hours to reach the border.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Ultimately from the same origin as the "reach" sense of Etymology 1.

Verb

gelangen

  1. first/third-person plural preterite of gelingen

Further reading

  • gelangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gelangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gelangen” in Duden online
  • gelangen” in OpenThesaurus.de