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Definition 2024
lukken
lukken
Dutch
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.
- Ja, het lukt!
- (impersonal, with indirect object and te/om te) to manage to, to succeed in, to be able to
- Het is haar gelukkig toch nog gelukt om veilig thuis te komen.
- Fortunately, she managed to get home safely after all.
- Het is haar gelukkig toch nog gelukt om veilig thuis te komen.
Inflection
| Inflection of lukken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lukken | |||
| past singular | lukte | |||
| past participle | gelukt | |||
| infinitive | lukken | |||
| gerund | lukken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | luk | lukte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lukt | 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. | ||||