This is the 4354th most frequent German word.
geflohen
"Geflohen" means "fled" or "escaped."
In this sentence, 'geflohen' is the past participle of the verb 'fliehen,' meaning 'to flee,' contextualized with a subject ('Die Familie') and a prepositional phrase ('vor dem Krieg').
Die Familie ist vor dem Krieg ins Ausland geflohen.
The family fled abroad from the war.
'Geflohen' indicates an action of fleeing performed by the subject ('die Wanderer') in response to a situation ('Gefahr'), showing movement ('in das Tal').
Nach der Gefahr sind die Wanderer in das Tal geflohen.
After the danger, the hikers fled into the valley.
Here, 'geflohen' is used with the auxiliary verb 'hatte' to form the past perfect tense, emphasizing the temporal aspect of the fleeing action ('vor der Polizei').