| fliehe |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of fliehen | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of fliehen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of fliehen | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of fliehen | |
| fliehen |
| 1. v. to flee; to escape | |
| Als die Polizei eintraf, war der Räuber bereits geflohen. - When the police arrived, the robber had already fled. | |
| 2. v. (archaic, poetic) to fly | |
| Die Vögel fliehen. - The birds are flying (fleeing). | |
| 3. v. to diverge | |
| Die Linien fliehen. - The lines diverge. | |
| 4. v. (higher register) to flee from (someone); to avoid | |
| Ich fliehe diesen Kerl wie die Pest. - I avoid that guy like the plague. | |
| nie |
| 1. adv. never, never at all (referring to an indefinite period of time) | |
| Das ist nie passiert! - That has never happened! | |
| Wir werden die Wahrheit wohl nie erfahren. - We'll probably never know the truth. | |
| 2. adv. never, not once (referring to a defined period of time; see usage notes below) | |
| Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen. - He never washed his hair for two weeks. | |
| vor |
| 1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
| 2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
| 3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
| vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
| vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
| 4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
| Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
| Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
| vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
| sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
| 5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
| vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
| Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
| Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
| Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
| Ungerechtigkeit |
| 1. n-f. injustice | |
| Intoleranz |
| 1. n-f. intolerance | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| Wahnsinn |
| 1. n. insanity, madness | |
| 2. n. (colloquially) awesome!, man!, wicked! | |
