Polyglot Dictionary

flüchten

/ˈflʏçtn̩/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
flüchtet
past
flüchtete
perfect
ist geflüchtet

Meaning

  1. to flee

    • Sie mussten aus ihrer Heimat flüchten.

      They had to flee their homeland.

    • Die Familie musste vor dem Krieg flüchten. Sie fand in einem anderen Land Schutz.

      The family had to flee from the war. It found protection in another country.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

fliehen

fliehen and flüchten are close synonyms for "to flee," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

fuir

fuir is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to flee."

Portuguese

fugir

fugir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to flee."

Practice

1 What does flüchten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie mussten aus ihrer Heimat ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches flüchten?

See also

verb

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