fliehen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German fliohan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną. Cognate with Dutch vlieden and English flee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfliː.ən/
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Verb

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fliehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present flieht, past tense floh, past participle geflohen, past subjunctive flöhe, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to flee; to escape [auxiliary sein]
    Als die Polizei eintraf, war der Räuber bereits geflohen.
    When the police arrived, the robber had already fled.
  2. (intransitive, archaic, poetic) to fly [auxiliary sein]
    Die Vögel fliehen.
    The birds are flying (fleeing).
  3. (intransitive) to diverge [auxiliary sein]
    Die Linien fliehen.
    The lines diverge.
  4. (transitive, higher register) to flee from (someone); to avoid [auxiliary haben]
    Ich fliehe diesen Kerl wie die Pest.
    I avoid that guy like the plague.

Conjugation

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