The German verb fliegen means "to fly". Below are its 6 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of fliegen is ich fliege, du fliegst, er/sie/es fliegt, wir fliegen, ihr fliegt, sie/Sie fliegen. It is irregular in other tenses, while its present follows the regular -en pattern. The tables below cover 6 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its present participle is fliegend and its past participle is geflogen.
Forms in orange break the regular -en pattern.
| ich | fliege | |
|---|---|---|
| du | fliegst | |
| er/ | fliegt | |
| wir | fliegen | |
| ihr | fliegt | |
| sie/ | fliegen |
| ich | flog (irregular) |
|---|---|
| du | flogst (irregular) |
| er/ | flog (irregular) |
| wir | flogen (irregular) |
| ihr | flogt (irregular) |
| sie/ | flogen (irregular) |
| ich | bin geflogen (irregular) |
|---|---|
| du | bist geflogen (irregular) |
| er/ | ist geflogen (irregular) |
| wir | sind geflogen (irregular) |
| ihr | seid geflogen (irregular) |
| sie/ | sind geflogen (irregular) |
| ich | werde fliegen |
|---|---|
| du | wirst fliegen |
| er/ | wird fliegen |
| wir | werden fliegen |
| ihr | werdet fliegen |
| sie/ | werden fliegen |
| ich | flöge (irregular) |
|---|---|
| du | flögest (irregular) |
| er/ | flöge (irregular) |
| wir | flögen (irregular) |
| ihr | flöget (irregular) |
| sie/ | flögen (irregular) |
| du | flieg |
|---|---|
| ihr | fliegt |
| Sie | fliegen Sie |
Fliegen is irregular. The irregular forms include “flog” in the Präteritum, “bin geflogen” in the Perfekt, and “flöge” in the Konjunktiv II.
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Fliegen is irregular. Its Präteritum forms include “flog” and “flogen”, and its past participle is “geflogen”.
Fliegen uses sein as its auxiliary. The forms include “bin geflogen”, “ist geflogen”, and “sind geflogen”.
The stem changes to “flög”. The forms include “flöge”, “flögest”, “flögen”, and “flöget”.