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glücklicher Zufall — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fluke noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
  • serendipity noun A pleasant surprise — finding something good without looking for it.

Senses

glücklicher Zufall is used for these senses in English:

  • fluke A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
  • lucky break (idiomatic) A stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.
  • serendipity A combination of events which have come together by chance to make a surprisingly good or wonderful outcome.

fluke — full definition

  1. noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
  2. noun A parasitic flatworm.

Related German words