fliegen
See also: Fliegen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vliegen, Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Compare Dutch vliegen, Low German flegen, English fly, Danish flyve.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːɡŋ̩/, /ˈfliːɡən/
audio (Germany): (file) audio (Germany): (file) audio (Austria): (file) - Rhymes: -iːɡn̩
Verb
fliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fliegt, past tense flog, past participle geflogen, past subjunctive flöge, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to fly; to travel by air [auxiliary sein]
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 52/2010, page 16:
- Passagiere, die aus den USA nach Europa fliegen und dort umsteigen, sollen ab dem 1. April im Transitbereich nicht mehr kontrolliert werden.
- It is planned that passengers who fly from the United States to Europe and change planes there are not checked in the transit area anymore after April 1.
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 52/2010, page 16:
- (intransitive, figuratively) to rush; to fly; to go quickly [auxiliary sein]
- (transitive) to fly; to pilot [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to transport by air [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive, colloquial) to get the axe, to get kicked out [auxiliary sein]
- ... könnte von der Akademie fliegen.
- ... could get kicked out of academy.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to fall; to fall down [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
infinitive | fliegen | ||||
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present participle | fliegend | ||||
past participle | geflogen | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fliege | wir fliegen | i | ich fliege | wir fliegen |
du fliegst | ihr fliegt | du fliegest | ihr flieget | ||
er fliegt | sie fliegen | er fliege | sie fliegen | ||
preterite | ich flog | wir flogen | ii | ich flöge1 | wir flögen1 |
du flogst | ihr flogt | du flögest1 du flögst1 |
ihr flöget1 ihr flögt1 | ||
er flog | sie flogen | er flöge1 | sie flögen1 | ||
imperative | flieg (du) fliege (du) |
fliegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
- In early modern German, the 2nd and 3rd persons singular present and the imperative singular were alternatively du fleugst, er fleugt, fleug!
Derived terms
- abfliegen
- Flieger
- herabfliegen
- hochfliegen
- rausfliegen
- überfliegen
- unterfliegen
- verfliegen
- vorbeifliegen
- wegfliegen
- zufliegen
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