Flügen

Flügen is a grammatical form in German rather than a standalone lexical item with its own meaning. In standard usage, the plural of Flug (flight) is Flüge, meaning flights or air trips. Flügen, with a capital F and the ending -en, is the dative plural of Flug and appears in contexts where the noun is in the dative case, often after dative prepositions such as mit, bei, or zu: for example, mit den Flügen (with the flights) or bei den Flügen (with the flights).

Etymology and grammar: Flug is a masculine noun. Its nominative plural is Flüge, while the dative plural is Flügen. The form Flügen is thus not a separate word but the inflected plural used in the dative case. The umlaut in the stem (u → ü) is part of the standard plural formation for Flug, and the additional -en marks the dative plural.

Usage notes: Writers should avoid treating Flügen as a distinct term and instead use Flüge when referring to flights in the nominative or accusative cases. Flügen only appears in writing when the noun is grammatically in the dative plural.

See also: Flug, Flüge, Flugzeug, Flughafen, Fluggesellschaft.