The irregular verb "fliegen" in German

Meaning of "fliegen" in German

The verb "fliegen" means:

to fly

Morgen fliege ich nach München
Tomorrow I’m going to fly to Munich

Intransitive case structure: (the intransitive case is the most common)

fliegen + nach + [dative] (to fly to a country or city without an article)

Ich fliege nach Köln
I’m flying to Cologne

Ich bin nach Madrid geflogen (auxiliary verb: sein)
I’ve flown to Madrid

fliegen + in + [accusative] (to fly to a country or city with an article)

Ich fliege in die Turkei
I’m flying to Turkey

fliegen + zu + [dative] (to fly to a person or place with its own name)

Ich fliege zu dir
I’m flying to you

fliegen + auf + [accusative] (to fly to an island / islands)

Ich fliege auf die Kanarischen Inseln
I’m flying to the Canary Islands

fliegen + von + [dative] (to fly from)

Ich fliege von der Schweiz
I’m flying from Switzerland

Transitive case structure: (applicable to model airplanes, etc.)

fliegen + [accusative] (to fly a plane [model planes])

Ich fliege einen Hubschrauber
I’m flying a helicopter

Ich habe einen Hubschrauber geflogen (auxiliary verb: haben)
I flew a helicopter

Grammar of "fliegen"

"fliegen" is an irregular verb.

Interestingly: "sein" or "haben" can be used as auxiliary verbs:

• sein is used if the verb is intransitive.
• haben is used if the verb is transitive.

Conjugation of "fliegen"

Present simple (Präsens Indikativ)

Perfect (Perfekt)

As we mentioned, the auxiliary verb can be sein or haben, depending on the clause:

Simple past (Präteritum)

The Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II)

Participle (Partizip)

Imperative (Imperativ)

Verb with the stern "fliegen"

There are a few verbs with the stem "fliegen":

Expressions:

Die Zeit verfliegt
Time flies