überfliegen

German

Etymology

über- + fliegen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌyːbəʁˈfliːɡən/, [ˌyːbɐˈfliːɡŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: über‧flie‧gen

Verb

überfliegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present überfliegt, past tense überflog, past participle überflogen, past subjunctive überflöge, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fly over
  2. (by extension) to skim; flick through (read quickly, skipping some detail)
    Ich habe den Artikel nur kurz überflogen.
    I've just skimmed the article briefly.

Conjugation

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