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Meet fliehen

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 4 meanings

  1. (intransitive) to flee; to escape [auxiliary sein]
  2. (intransitive, archaic, poetic) to fly [auxiliary sein]
  3. (intransitive) to diverge [auxiliary sein]
  4. (transitive, higher register) to flee from (someone); to avoid [auxiliary haben]
Forms

How fliehen changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichfliehefloh
dufliehstflohst
er/sie/esfliehtfloh
wirfliehenflohen
ihrfliehtfloht
Siefliehenflohen

Partizip II geflohen · Perfekt with sein

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Mann flieht vor dem Feuer.The man flees from the fire.present tense main clause
  2. 2
    Wir sind vor dem Regen geflohen.We fled from the rain.Perfekt with sein
  3. 3
    Sie kann nicht fliehen, weil die Tür zu ist.She cannot escape because the door is closed.modal verb and weil clause

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