to succeed, to be possible
Eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg nahe Stuttgart, Deutschland.
A town in Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany.
☞ Today, it is mostly used in the construction ‘it succeeds for someone/something’; ‘gerlingen’ as a direct verb is rarer.
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Er wohnt und arbeitet seit vielen Jahren in Gerlingen.— He has been living and working in Gerlingen for many years.
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Die Stadt Gerlingen hat eine sehr gute Anbindung an die Autobahn.— The town of Gerlingen has very good connections to the highway.