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Etymology

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

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Verb

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wegfliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fliegt weg, past tense flog weg, past participle weggeflogen, past subjunctive flöge weg, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to fly away
  2. (transitive) to drive something away through the air

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