fließen
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vliezen, from Old High German vliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, akin to English fleet (verb), Old Saxon fliotan and Dutch vlieten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːsn̩/, /ˈfliːsən/
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Verb
fließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fließt, past tense floss, past participle geflossen, past subjunctive flösse, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to flow
Conjugation
Before 1996, the conjugated forms floss and flosst were spelled floß and floßt respectively. Since the 1996 German Spelling Reform, though, they are spelled with ss.
Conjugation of fließen (class 2 strong, auxiliary sein)
infinitive | fließen | ||||
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present participle | fließend | ||||
past participle | geflossen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fließe | wir fließen | i | ich fließe | wir fließen |
du fließt | ihr fließt | du fließest | ihr fließet | ||
er fließt | sie fließen | er fließe | sie fließen | ||
preterite | ich floss | wir flossen | ii | ich flösse1 | wir flössen1 |
du flossest du flosst |
ihr flosst | du flössest1 du flösst1 |
ihr flösset1 ihr flösst1 | ||
er floss | sie flossen | er flösse1 | sie flössen1 | ||
imperative | fließ (du) fließe (du) |
fließt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of fließen (class 2 strong, auxiliary sein)
Derived terms
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