fliegen
Sentences
Sie fliegen ✈️ zwischen Mai und September und besuchen künstliche Lichtquellen .
✈️
They fly between May and September and visit artificial light sources.
Meaning
- (class-2,intransitive,strong) to fly; to travel by air
- (class-2,figuratively,intransitive,strong) to rush; to fly; to go quickly
- (class-2,strong,transitive) to fly; to pilot
- (class-2,strong,transitive) to transport by air
- (class-2,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to get the axe, to get kicked out
- (class-2,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to fall; to fall down
Concepts
Synonyms
hinschlagen
umfliegen
sich drehen
sich begeben
schnell laufen
rennen zu
eilen zu
angelaufen kommen
umherflattern
aufschwingen
Gummi geben
fitschen
Hackengas geben
dahinpreschen
fliegen lassen
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfliːɡn̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German vliegen, Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Compare Bavarian fliagn, Dutch vliegen, Low German flegen, English fly, Danish flyve.
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