Definition
The act of getting away from danger, violence, or captivity.
Translations
- English
- escape
- Français
- fuite
- Türkçe
- kaçış
- Polski
- ucieczka
- Русский
- бегство
- Українська
- втеча
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Flucht
- B1
- Noun
- Society & Public Life
- Travel & Transport
escape
/diː ˈflʊxt/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Fluchten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Society & Public LifePrimaryTravel & Transport
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Flucht aus dem brennenden Gebäude gelang rechtzeitig.NominativSing.The escape from the burning building succeeded in time.
- Die Polizei verhinderte die Flucht des Verdächtigen.AkkusativSing.The police prevented the suspect's escape.
- Die Flucht aus dem Gefängnis gelang dem Häftling.DativSing.The prisoner managed to escape from prison.
- Die Planung der Flucht dauerte mehrere Wochen.GenitivSing.Planning the escape took several weeks.
- Fluchten aus Kriegsgebieten sind oft lebensgefährlich.NominativPlur.Escapes from war zones are often life-threatening.
- Die Helfer organisierten mehrere Fluchten über sichere Wege.AkkusativPlur.The helpers organized several escapes along safe routes.
- Nach den Fluchten aus dem Krisengebiet wurden die Grenzen stärker kontrolliert.DativPlur.After the escapes from the crisis area, the borders were monitored more closely.
- Die Folgen der Fluchten waren für die Familien schwerwiegend.GenitivPlur.The consequences of the escapes were serious for the families.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Flucht/flʊxt/
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Article phrase
die Flucht/diː ˈflʊxt/
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Plural
Fluchten/ˈflʊxtn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Flucht | die Fluchten |
| Akkusativ | die Flucht | die Fluchten |
| Dativ | der Flucht | den Fluchten |
| Genitiv | der Flucht | der Fluchten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine riskante Flucht planen
- Collocationdie Flucht ergreifen
- Verb constructioneine Flucht verhindern + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionauf der Flucht seinauf + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Flucht aus dem Gefängnis gelang.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymEntkommen
Flucht usually denotes Entkommen from a threatening or involuntary situation, whereas Entkommen emphasizes the process more generally.
- Semantically relatedRettung
A Flucht emphasizes one's own escape; a Rettung emphasizes help from others or liberation from danger.
- AntonymGefangenschaft
Flucht is escape from a dangerous or involuntary situation; Gefangenschaft denotes a state from which one wishes to free oneself.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- flüchten
- Flüchtling — refugee
- Fluchtweg