German

Noun

Fliegen n ‎(genitive Fliegens, no plural)

1. gerund of fliegen; (the act of) flying

Declension

Noun

Fliegen pl

1. plural of Fliege

German

Verb

fliegen ‎(class 2 strong, third-person singular simple present fliegt, past tense flog, past participle geflogen, past subjunctive flöge, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to fly; to travel by air
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 52/2010, page 16:

     Passagiere, die aus den USA nach Europa fliegen und dort umsteigen, sollen ab dem 1. April im Transitbereich nicht mehr kontrolliert werden.

     It is planned that passengers who fly from the United States to Europe and change planes there are not checked in the transit area anymore after April 1.

2. (intransitive, figuratively, auxiliary sein) to rush; to fly; to go quickly
3. (transitive, auxiliary haben) to fly; to pilot
4. (transitive, auxiliary haben) to transport by air
5. (intransitive, colloquial, auxiliary sein) to get the axe, to get kicked out

Conjugation

In older language it is also "du fleugst, er fleugt, fleug (du)" instead of "du fliegst, er fliegt, flieg (du)".

Derived terms

• abfliegen
• Flieger
• herabfliegen
• hochfliegen
• rausfliegen
• überfliegen
• unterfliegen
• verfliegen
• wegfliegen