* This verb is only used impersonally, with the person who "succeeds" being in the dative case. For example: "es gelingt mir" - "I succeed".

 

Present tense: es gelingt

 

Imperfect / preterite: es gelang

 

Perfect tense: es ist gelungen

 

Pluperfect tense: es war gelungen

 

Imperative: geling! gelingt! gelingen Sie!

(These imperatives are rarely used.)

 

Present Participle: gelingend

 

Past Participle: gelungen