How to Say ‘A squadron is after it’ in German
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
neh flee-ger-shtah-fel hin-ter-hehr
[neh flee-ger-shtah-fel hin-ter-hehr]
💬 Usage Tip: This construction shows how German orders words differently than English.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Chasing unidentified objects was a dramatic and common story element in Cold War media.
Phrase Breakdown
'ne Fliegerstaffel
neh flee-ger-shtah-fel
Words in this phrase
'ne
[neh]
a
Colloquial form of 'eine'; used to indicate a single item.
'Ne Fliegerstaffel folgte hinterher.
A squadron followed afterwards.
Fliegerstaffel
[flee-ger-shtah-fel]
squadron
A unit of military aircraft.
Die Fliegerstaffel startete in die Luft.
The squadron took to the air.
hinterher
[hin-ter-hehr]
afterwards
Subsequent to a certain event or action.
Sie liefen der Fliegerstaffel hinterher.
They ran after the squadron.
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