hochfliegen

From the compounding of hoch (“up”) and fliegen (“to fly”), from Old High German fliogan (“to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).

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hochfliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fliegt hoch, past tense flog hoch, past participle hochgeflogen, past subjunctive flöge hoch, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to fly up
2. (intransitive) to be hurled up

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