KudoZ home » Dutch to English » General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

lukken

English translation: come along

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs
(or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

07:40 May 23, 2011

Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / general question

Dutch term or phrase: lukken

In expressions like [lukt het?] and [het lukt!], I see the verb [lukken]. But what does this word REALLY mean, in a technical sense?

I'd be really interested if anyone knows its etymology... is it related to English 'luck'?

Thanks a lot.

Matt Coler KudoZ activity Questions: 1579 (5 open) (2 without valid answers) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 13
Local time: 06:35

English translation:come along

Explanation:
Nothing against Taltha's response - the essence is correct. Colloquially speaking, however, when people ask the questions you pose, it is often a question of progress in function of some work or task that needs completing.

For example, assume "it" refers to some task. You would need to go deeper in terms of the nuance of the translation for the expressions you listed.

Examples:

Lukt het? -> Is it coming along?
Het lukt! -> Yes!

Lukt het een beetje? :: How is it coming along?
Het lukt! :: No problems here!

Lukt het nog? :: Still coming along? / Making any progress?
Zal wel lukken, ja. :: Yeah, I'll get it figured out! / Yeah, I'll get it worked out.

(Just going off of residential experience b/w NL and BE.)

Selected response from:

Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 00:35

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

work, succeed

Talitha Wilsnagh

4 +1

come along

Bryan Crumpler

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

work, succeed

Explanation:
Nothing to do with the English word "luck".

Example sentence(s):

Het lijkt te lukken. It seems to work.

Talitha Wilsnagh
Local time: 06:35
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Afrikaans

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

come along

Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 00:35
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

Voters for reclassification
as
PRO / non-PRO

Non-PRO (3): Buck, CJG, Kate Hudson

Return to KudoZ list

Changes made by editors

May 23, 2011 - Changes made by Kate Hudson:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO
May 23, 2011 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (specific)	Linguistics => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

Overview

Latest translation questions

Ask a translation question

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

lukken

English translation: come along

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

lukken

English translation: come along

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.