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"happy" in Dutch

gelukkig
Happy. The Dutch for "happy" is "gelukkig".
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Summary

The Dutch translation for “happy” is gelukkig.

Pronounced the same

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fortunately gelukkig
lucky gelukkig

See also

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happy blij
happy (inflected form) gelukkige
happy heugelijke

Examples of "happy" in use

There are 9 examples of the Dutch word for "happy" being used:
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I’m happy. Ik ben gelukkig.
My cat is happy. Mijn kat is gelukkig.
Are you guys happy? Zijn jullie gelukkig?
Tom was very happy. Tom was zeer gelukkig.
Yanni and Skura were happy together. Yanni en Skura waren gelukkig samen.
Tom and Mary are both very happy here. Zowel Tom als Maria zijn erg gelukkig hier.
Luckily, Tom isn’t my boss. Gelukkig is Tom mijn baas niet.
He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy. Hij is uiteraard arm, maar hij is gelukkig.
It was happy that the door was open and that it could slip out among the bushes into the newly fallen snow. ’t Was gelukkig, dat de deur openstond en dat het tussen de takken in de vers gevallen sneeuw kon sluipen

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Are you guys happy?,
He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy.,
It was happy that the door was open and that it could slip out among the bushes into the newly fallen snow.,
I’m happy.,
Luckily, Tom isn’t my boss.,
My cat is happy.,
Tom and Mary are both very happy here.,
Tom was very happy.,
Yanni and Skura were happy together.
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Acknowledgements

Audio
Dorenda Snieder
Audio source
http://shtooka.net/view_sound.php?id=116058
Audio licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
Image source
https://pixabay.com/en/child-beach-liangxiaowucai-happy-538029/