hochfliegen
German, verb[ˈhoːxˌfliːɡn̩]
hochfliegen is spelled H-O-C-H-F-L-I-E-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written German, the 488,905th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochfliegen is a German verb meaning “to fly up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom Boden abheben und einen Flug beginnen”.
What does hochfliegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fly up
- 2
to be hurled up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vom Boden abheben und einen Flug beginnen 2. hochgewirbelt werden, hochreißen, aufspringen in die Luft fliegen, explodieren
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 hochfliegen
- fliegt hoch present singular third-person
- flog hoch past
- hochgeflogen participle past
- flöge hoch past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- hochfliegend participle present
- hochzufliegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fliege hoch first-person indicative present
- fliegen hoch first-person indicative plural
- fliegst hoch indicative present second-person
- fliegest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
- flieget hoch plural second-person subjunctive
- flogen hoch first-person indicative plural
- flögen hoch first-person formal plural
- flogst hoch indicative preterite second-person
- flogt hoch indicative plural preterite
- flögest hoch formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochfliegen?
- [ˈhoːxˌfliːɡn̩]
- [ˈhoːxˌfliːɡŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hochfliegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hochfliegen in German?
hochfliegen appears about once in every 63 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).