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Conjugation of the German verb gelingen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb gelingen, along with their English translations.



InfinitiveScored
gelingento succeed

PresentScored
ich gelingeI succeed
du gelingstyou succeed
er gelingthe succeeds
sie gelingtshe succeeds
wir gelingenwe succeed
ihr gelingtyou succeed
sie gelingenthey succeed

Preterite / Präteritum
This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
ich gelangI succeeded
du gelangstyou succeeded
er gelanghe succeeded
sie gelangshe succeeded
wir gelangenwe succeeded
ihr gelangtyou succeeded
sie gelangenthey succeeded

Past / PerfektScored
ich bin gelungenI succeeded
du bist gelungenyou succeeded
er ist gelungenhe succeeded
es ist gelungenshe succeeded
wir sind gelungenwe succeeded
ihr seid gelungenyou succeeded
sie sind gelungenthey succeeded

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich war gelungenI had succeeded
du warst gelungenyou had succeeded
er war gelungenhe had succeeded
es war gelungenshe had succeeded
wir waren gelungenwe had succeeded
ihr wart gelungenyou had succeeded
sie waren gelungenthey had succeeded

FutureScored
ich werde gelingenI will succeed
du wirst gelingenyou will succeed
er wird gelingenhe will succeed
sie wird gelingenshe will succeed
wir werden gelingenwe will succeed
ihr werdet gelingenyou will succeed
sie werden gelingenthey will succeed

Future Perfect / Futur II
The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.
Scored
ich werde gelungen seinI will have succeeded
du wirst gelungen seinyou will have succeeded
er wird gelungen seinhe will have succeeded
es wird gelungen seinshe will have succeeded
wir werden gelungen seinwe will have succeeded
ihr werdet gelungen seinyou will have succeeded
sie werden gelungen seinthey will have succeeded

ConditionalScored
ich würde gelingenI would succeed
du würdest gelingenyou would succeed
er würde gelingenhe would succeed
sie würde gelingenshe would succeed
wir würden gelingenwe would succeed
ihr würdet gelingenyou would succeed
sie würden gelingenthey would succeed

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II
The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.
Scored
ich wäre gelungenI would have succeeded
du wärst gelungenyou would have succeeded
er wäre gelungenhe would have succeeded
es wäre gelungenshe would have succeeded
wir wären gelungenwe would have succeeded
ihr wärt gelungenyou would have succeeded
sie wären gelungenthey would have succeeded

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich gelängeI would succeed
du gelängestyou would succeed
er gelängehe would succeed
sie gelängeshe would succeed
wir gelängenwe would succeed
ihr gelängetyou would succeed
sie gelängenthey would succeed

ImperativeScored
gelinge Succeed
gelingen wirLet's succeed
gelingt Succeed

Present ParticipleScored
gelingend succeeding

Past ParticipleScored
gelungen succeeded


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