hochfliegen

== German == === Etymology === From the compounding of hoch (“up”) and fliegen (“to fly”), from Old High German fliogan (“to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === hochfliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present fliegt hoch, past tense flog hoch, past participle hochgeflogen, past subjunctive flöge hoch, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to fly up (intransitive) to be hurled up ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “hochfliegen” in Duden online “hochfliegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache