gelingen — meaning in English

English meaning

• notch noun A V-shaped or angular cut or indentation in an edge or surface.
• succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.

Senses

gelingen is used for these senses in English:

• come off To have some success; to succeed.
• notch (transitive, informal) To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
• succeed (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

notch — full definition

1. noun A V-shaped or angular cut or indentation in an edge or surface.
2. noun A level or degree, especially in a scale of quality or achievement.
3. verb To achieve or score something, adding it to one's record.

succeed — full definition

1. verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
2. verb To take over a position, office, or title after someone else.

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