"geluk" meaning in Dutch

See geluk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɣəˈlʏk/ Audio: Nl-geluk.ogg Forms: gelukken [plural], gelukje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ʏk Etymology: From Middle Dutch geluc, further origin unknown. Found only in West Germanic (as a word of native origin). More at German Glück (“joy, bliss, luck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|geluc}} Middle Dutch geluc, {{der|nl|gmw|-}} West Germanic, {{cog|de|Glück||joy, bliss, luck}} German Glück (“joy, bliss, luck”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+}} geluk n (plural gelukken, diminutive gelukje n)
  1. luck, good luck Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-geluk-nl-noun-rVtfx94i Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 11 39 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 11 39 11 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. happiness Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-geluk-nl-noun-QvOMEld7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 11 39 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 11 39 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "geluksbrenger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geluksdag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gelukskoekje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geluksvogel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gelukwens"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gelukzalig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gelukzoeker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ongeluk"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "slaapkamergeluk"
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    },
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    "Dutch terms derived from West Germanic languages",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
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    },
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      "word": "gelukzalig"
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        "neuter"
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      "rhymes": "-ʏk"
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}

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