fliehen
/ˈfliː.ən/ verb B1- to flee; to escape · Als die Polizei eintraf, war der Räuber bereits geflohen. When the police arrived, the robber had already fled.
- to diverge · Die Linien fliehen. The lines diverge.
- to flee from (someone); to avoid · Ich fliehe diesen Kerl wie die Pest. I avoid that guy like the plague.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- fliehen
- Present (er)
- flieht
- Präteritum (er)
- floh
- Perfekt (er)
- ist geflohen
- Infinitive with zu
- zu fliehen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
Learn fliehen in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.