fließen
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German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vliezen, from Old High German fliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, akin to English fleet (verb), Old Saxon fliotan and Dutch vlieten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fließt, past tense floss, past participle geflossen, past subjunctive flösse, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to flow
Conjugation
[edit]Before 1996, the conjugated forms floss and flosst were spelled floß and floßt respectively. Since the 1996 German Spelling Reform, though, they are spelled with ss.
infinitive | fließen | ||||
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present participle | fließend | ||||
past participle | geflossen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fließe | wir fließen | i | ich fließe | wir fließen |
du fließt | ihr fließt | du fließest | ihr fließet | ||
er fließt | sie fließen | er fließe | sie fließen | ||
preterite | ich floss | wir flossen | ii | ich flösse1 | wir flössen1 |
du flossest du flosst |
ihr flosst | du flössest1 du flösst1 |
ihr flösset1 ihr flösst1 | ||
er floss | sie flossen | er flösse1 | sie flössen1 | ||
imperative | fließ (du) fließe (du) |
fließt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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