lukken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lucken, an alternative form of gelucken (modern gelukken), from geluc (“luck, fortune”) (modern geluk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʏ.kə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʏkən
Verb
lukken
- (intransitive) to succeed, to work, to go right
- Ja, het lukt! ― Yes, it's working!
- Zijn pogingen lukten soms wel, soms niet. ― His attempts sometimes succeeded, sometimes they didn't.
- (impersonal) to manage to, to succeed in, to be able to [with indirect object ‘person succeeding’, along with te (+ infinitive) or om te (+ infinitive) ‘to’]
- Het is haar gelukkig toch nog gelukt om veilig thuis te komen. ― Fortunately, she managed to get home safely after all.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lukken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lukken | |||
| past singular | lukte | |||
| past participle | gelukt | |||
| infinitive | lukken | |||
| gerund | lukken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | luk | lukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lukt, luk2 | lukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lukt | lukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lukt | lukte | ||
| 3rd person singular | lukt | lukte | ||
| plural | lukken | lukten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lukke | lukte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lukken | lukten | ||
| imperative sing. | luk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lukt | |||
| participles | lukkend | gelukt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||