Dictionary English German: [luck]

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English German
lucky {adj} [bringing good luck]
450
glückbringend
proverb [used e.g. by actors to answer a good wish out of the superstition that giving thanks would bring bad luck]Wird schon schiefgehen! [ugs.]
mining Glückauf! [Good luck! German miners' greeting]Glückauf! [deutscher Bergmannsgruß] [auch: Glück auf!]
Nouns
fortune [luck]
3073
Glück {n} [Schicksal, Glücksfall]
serendipity [stroke of luck]
625
Glücksfall {m}
shred [also fig.: luck, bitterness, etc.]
37
Fitzelchen {n} [auch fig.: Glück, Verbitterung etc.]
chance [luck]
33
Glück {n} [glücklicher Zufall]
fortune [luck]
13
Fortüne {f}
fortune [luck]
7
Fortune {f}
[prune boy or prune man, made of dried plums, etc.; a good luck symbol in Germany]Zwetschgenmandl {n} [bayer.]
hansel [gift for good luck at the beginning of a new year] [archaic or dialect] [spv.] [handsel]Neujahrsgeschenk {n}
2 Words
sth. is involved [e.g. money, luck, envy]etw. ist im Spiel [fig.] [z. B. Geld, Glück, Neid]
Tough titty! [coll.] [Hard luck!]Dumm gelaufen! [ugs.] [Pech gehabt!]
to be unlucky [cause bad luck]Unglück bringen
bad break [coll.] [bad luck]Pech {n}
rabbit's foot [good luck charm]Hasenpfote {f} [Glücksbringer]
3 Words
Break a leg! [coll.] [idiom] [Good luck!]Hals- und Beinbruch! [ugs.] [Redewendung] [Viel Glück!]
He got nowhere. [idiom] [had no luck or success]Er kam auf keinen grünen Zweig. [Redewendung]
shit outta luck <SOL> [Am.] [vulg.] [shit out of luck]am Arsch
idiom to be pushing it [to push one's luck]sein Glück überstrapazieren
4 Words
a fair bit (of sth.) [luck, work, rain, etc.]viel (etw.) [Glück, Arbeit, Regen etc.]
to not be getting ahead [idiom] [have no luck or success in life]auf keinen grünen Zweig kommen [Redewendung]
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