zufliegen
German, verb[ˈt͡suːˌfliːɡn̩]
zufliegen is spelled Z-U-F-L-I-E-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zufliegen is a German verb meaning “to fly (toward)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich durch die Luft (fliegend) auf einen Punkt hinbewegen”.
What does zufliegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fly (toward)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich durch die Luft (fliegend) auf einen Punkt hinbewegen 2. (über Vögel) zu einem Menschen kommen (fliegen) und dort bleiben 3. ohne besonderen Einsatz/Lernen/Pauken sehr schnell beherrschen/erhalten 4. vom Winddruck mit Schwung geschlossen werden
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 zufliegen
- fliegt zu present singular third-person
- flog zu past
- zugeflogen participle past
- flöge zu past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- zufliegend participle present
- zuzufliegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fliege zu first-person indicative present
- fliegen zu first-person indicative plural
- fliegst zu indicative present second-person
- fliegest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- flieget zu plural second-person subjunctive
- flogen zu first-person indicative plural
- flögen zu first-person formal plural
- flogst zu indicative preterite second-person
- flogt zu indicative plural preterite
- flögest zu formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zufliegen?
- [ˈt͡suːˌfliːɡn̩]
- [ˈt͡suːˌfliːɡŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zufliegen in German?
zufliegen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).