German

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Etymology

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From the compounding of the prefix herab (downwards), from the compounding of her and fliegen (to fly), from Old High German fliogan (to fly), from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (to fly).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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herabfliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fliegt herab, past tense flog herab, past participle herabgeflogen, past subjunctive flöge herab, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to fly down

Conjugation

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