fliehen
German, verb/ˈfliː.ən/
fliehen is spelled F-L-I-E-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fliehen is a German verb meaning “to flee; to escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnelles Verlassen eines Ortes beispielsweise aufgrund befürchteter Gefahr”.
What does fliehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flee; to escape
Als die Polizei eintraf, war der Räuber bereits geflohen.
- 2
archaicto fly
Die Vögel fliehen.
- 3
to diverge
Die Linien fliehen.
- 4
to flee from (someone); to avoid
Ich fliehe diesen Kerl wie die Pest.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schnelles Verlassen eines Ortes beispielsweise aufgrund befürchteter Gefahr 2. fliegen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fliehen
- flieht present singular third-person
- floh past
- geflohen participle past
- flöhe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- fliehend participle present
- fliehe first-person indicative present
- fliehst indicative present second-person
- fliehest second-person singular subjunctive
- fliehet plural second-person subjunctive
- flohen first-person indicative plural
- flöhen first-person formal plural
- flohst indicative preterite second-person
- floht indicative plural preterite
- flöhest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fliehen?
- /ˈfliː.ən/
- [ˈfliːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fliehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fliehen in German?
fliehen appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).