fliegen

fly

verb FLEE-gen Less Common

Usage Note

fliegen is a strong verb, vowel-changing through flog and geflogen, and it usually takes sein in the perfect: Ich bin geflogen. Colloquially durchfallen aside, fliegen can also mean to get kicked out, as in Er ist von der Schule geflogen. The fly insect is the related noun Fliege.

Examples

"Wir fliegen morgen nach Berlin."

Natural Translation

We are flying to Berlin tomorrow.

Literal Translation

We fly tomorrow to Berlin.

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