* 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
