German reference

gelingen

to succeed, turn out well

Irregular · 12 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

gelingen: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it succeeds
sie/Sie	they succeed

gelingen: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it succeeded
sie/Sie	they succeeded

gelingen: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it succeeded; it has succeeded
sie/Sie	they succeeded; they have succeeded

gelingen: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it had succeeded
sie/Sie	they had succeeded

gelingen: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it will succeed
sie/Sie	they will succeed

gelingen: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it will have succeeded
sie/Sie	they will have succeeded

gelingen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	(that) it succeeds
sie/Sie	(that) they succeed

gelingen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it would succeed
sie/Sie	they would succeed

gelingen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it would have succeeded
sie/Sie	they would have succeeded

gelingen: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	it would succeed
sie/Sie	they would succeed

gelingen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	(reportedly) it has succeeded
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have succeeded

gelingen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
er/sie/es	(reportedly) it will succeed
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will succeed

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