die Flagge hissen

to hoist the flag

Türkçe: bayrak çekmek

Noun

Flagge f.

Verb

hissen

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Der Bürgermeister hisst die Flagge zum Stadtfest auf dem Rathausplatz.

How it is used

Means 'to hoist the flag,' literally raising a flag. Neutral register, used in ceremonies or nautical contexts. A German speaker might say this at a national holiday event. Common mistake: using 'hissen' only for ships, but it's used for any flag-raising.

Other verbs that go with Flagge

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• die Flagge einholento lower the flag
• Flagge zeigento show one's colors

All collocations with Flagge