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fliegen

Meaning

  1. (class-2, intransitive, strong) to fly; to travel by air
  2. (class-2, figuratively, intransitive, strong) to rush; to fly; to go quickly
  3. (class-2, strong, transitive) to fly; to pilot
  4. (class-2, strong, transitive) to transport by air
  5. (class-2, colloquial, intransitive, strong) to get the axe, to get kicked out
  6. (class-2, colloquial, intransitive, strong) to fall; to fall down

Concepts

fly
✈️
run
wing
🪽
flit
go
aviate
hasten
hurtle
run away
rush
wander

go by plane

run to

travel by air

fly in the air

airborne
fly
✈️

come running

continue
dash
💨
flown

fly away

Synonyms

huschen
fahren
A1
laufen
A2
🚶
gehen
A1
segeln
C1
steuern
B2
sausen
C2
springen
B1

hinschlagen

purzeln
rasen
C1
stürzen
B2

umfliegen

plumpsen
gleiten
C2
jetten
fallen
A2
flattern
C2
hinfallen
32k
schießen
A2
schiffen
C1
schleudern
C2
schnellen
C1
schweben
C2

sich drehen

sprengen
C1
stieben
stürmen
C1
traben
wetzen
zischen
C1
fetzen
C2
sprinten
spurten

sich begeben

schnell laufen

rennen zu

eilen zu

angelaufen kommen

umherflattern

pesen

aufschwingen

Gummi geben

fitschen

Hackengas geben

aufsteigen
C2

dahinpreschen

die Beine in die Hand nehmen
eilen
C2
erheben
B2
Translations

volar
✈️
volare
✈️
voler
vliegen
✈️
voar
✈️
volar
✈️
uçmak
✈️
volare

πετώ

gitmek

volar

saltare
scappare
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfliːɡn̩/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
vliegen
Inherited from Old High German
fliogan
Cognate with Bavarian
fliagn
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
vliegen
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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