lykkelig

Danish

Etymology

From lykke (“happiness”) +‎ -lig. Similar to Norwegian Nynorsk lukkeleg and Swedish lycklig. Compare also Yiddish גליקלעך‎ (gliklekh) and German glücklich.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /løɡəli/, [ˈløɡ̊əli]

Adjective

lykkelig

  1. happy, delighted
  2. fortunate

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms
  • ulykkelig ("unhappy", "miserable", "unfortunate")

Derived terms
  • lykkeligvis ("happily", "fortunately")

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lykke +‎ -lig. Similar to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Norwegian Nynorsk lukkeleg and Swedish lycklig. Compare also Yiddish גליקלעך‎ (gliklekh) and German glücklich.

Adjective

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. happy

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • lykkeligvis
  • overlykkelig

References
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