verb
to fly
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Fliegen means 'to fly' (move through the air) and 'to travel by plane' (to fly somewhere). It's a strong irregular verb: fliege – flog – geflogen, present stem flieg-. Usually intransitive and uses sein as auxiliary in perfect tenses (ist geflogen). Not reflexive. Imperative: flieg, fliegt, fliegen Sie.
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Der Vogel flog davon.
The bird flew away.
Ich fliege in den Urlaub.
I'm flying away on vacation.
Die Vögel fliegen im Herbst in den Süden.
The birds fly south in autumn.
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Picture a bird with the label 'fliegen' on its wing, soaring across the sky.
Sounds like 'flee again' — imagine fleeing through the air.
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Typically uses sein as auxiliary for intransitive motion (ich bin geflogen). | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.