Breakdown of Die Ausführung wird sicher gelingen.
sicher
sure / certain
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
die Ausführung
the execution
gelingen
to succeed
Questions & Answers about Die Ausführung wird sicher gelingen.
Does Ausführung mean "execution" in the sense of the death penalty?
No, Ausführung refers to the execution or implementation of a plan, design, or task. It comes from the separable verb ausführen (to carry out). The word for "execution" as a capital punishment is die Hinrichtung.
I learned that gelingen takes a dative object, like in Es ist mir gelungen. Why is there no dative pronoun here?
While gelingen (to succeed) is very often used with a dative object to show who succeeded (e.g., Das wird dir gelingen - You will succeed at that), it doesn't strictly need one. It can be used as a standalone verb when you just want to state that an event or project itself will be a success, without specifying who is doing it.
Could I use sicherlich instead of sicher here?
Yes, in this context they are completely interchangeable. When used as an adverb to mean "certainly" or "surely," sicher is just a common, slightly shorter alternative to sicherlich. Keep in mind that sicher is also an adjective meaning "safe," which sicherlich cannot be used for.
Does wird ... gelingen express a future event or an assumption?
It is the Futur I tense (werden + infinitive). In German, this structure is often used to express an assumption rather than just future time. Here, paired with the adverb sicher (certainly), it expresses a very confident prediction that the execution of the plan will be a success.
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