flüchten.
to flee (to run away; to escape) [with vor (+ dative) ‘from a threat’]
Meaning & usage
to flee (to run away; to escape) [with vor (+ dative) ‘from a threat’]
Der deutsche Arzt flüchtete vor der Hektik und dem Stress, er sehnte sich nach Wärme und Ruhe.
to flee, to seek refuge or shelter [with adverbial of direction ‘(to) somewhere’]
Er wurde von einem Wolf angegriffen und flüchtete sich auf einen Baum.
to flee, to seek refuge or shelter [with adverbial of direction ‘(to) somewhere’] to seek refuge in, to cope by turning to
sich in Drogen flüchten
sich in Ausreden flüchten
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle High German vlühten, from Old High German fluhten (“to chase off, drive away”), which the meaning shifting from making others flee to fleeing oneself. By surface analysis, Flucht + -en, and thereby ultimately related to fliehen.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.