verfliegen
to vanish, fly away
- Past (Präteritum)
- verflog
- Past participle
- verflogen (sein)
This is a strong verb with a vowel shift in the past tense (fliegen - flog - geflogen). In this context, it describes the disappearance of a feeling or mood, requiring the auxiliary 'sein'. It is inseparable because the prefix 'ver-' is unstressed and does not detach in any clause position, unlike the simplex 'fliegen' which is used for literal flight and takes 'sein'. Compounds like 'davonfliegen' are separable and take 'sein'. If you use 'verfliegen' to mean 'to fly wrong' (e.g., a pilot), it is also inseparable and takes 'sein'. Note that 'die Zeit verfliegt' is a common expression meaning 'time flies'. Forms like 'verflogen' function as the past participle or as an adjective meaning 'vanished'. The imperative is rarely used with this sense.
Conjugation
Present
- verfliegt
- present, singular, third-person
- verfliege
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- verfliegen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- verfliegst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- verflog
- past
- verflogen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- verflogst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- verflogt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- verflöge
- past, subjunctive
- verfliege
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verfliegen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verfliegest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verflieget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- verflögen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verflögest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verflögst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verflöget
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- verflögt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei verflogen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien verflogen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist verflogen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest verflogen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet verflogen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre verflogen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären verflogen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst verflogen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest verflogen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt verflogen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret verflogen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest verfliegen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet verfliegen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest verfliegen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet verfliegen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde verflogen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- verflieg
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verfliege
- imperative, second-person, singular
- verfliegt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- verflogen
- participle, past
- verfliegend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- verfliegen
- infinitive
Other
- bin verflogen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind verflogen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist verflogen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid verflogen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist verflogen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war verflogen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren verflogen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst verflogen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart verflogen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- verfliegen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verfliegen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verfliegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verfliegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verfliegen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- verflogen sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde verflogen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden verflogen sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst verflogen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet verflogen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird verflogen sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Verfliegen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong