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flehen

to plead, to beg, to implore

ˈf l eː ə n
fleh to plead, to beg, to implore + en 1st/3rd person plural present
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #47,481
to plead, to beg, to implore Usually conveys urgent or emotional pleading; more dramatic than the everyday verb bitten.
GE: Die Menschen flehen um Hilfe.
EN: The people are pleading for help.
Conjugation of flehen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First flehte —
Third flehte —
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First flehte —
Third flehte —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First flehe flehen
Third — flehen
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First flehe flehen
Third flehe flehen
flehen

Dir allein dienen wir, und zu Dir allein flehen wir um Hilfe.

You alone we serve, and to You alone we pray for help.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Warum flehen Sie denn nicht zur Madonna?

Why don't you pray to the Madonna?

— Das süße Leben (1960)

Wir gehen alle erneut zum König und flehen ihn an, uns zu retten.

We all go to the king again and beg him to save us.

— Lagaan - Es war einmal in Indien (2001)

Willst wohl um Vergebung flehen?

Are you asking for forgiveness?

— Die Reue (1987)