Irre

See also: irre

German

Etymology

Nominalization of irre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɪʁə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Irre f (adjectival, definite nominative die Irre, genitive Irrer, definite genitive der Irren, plural Irre, definite plural die Irren, masculine Irrer)

1. the state of being wrong: now only in adverbial phrase in die Irre

   Er hat mich in die Irre geführt.

   He led me astray.

2. female equivalent of Irrer: lunatic, madwoman

Declension

Declension of Irre [feminine, adjectival]

	singular		plural
feminine gender	strong declension
nominative	Irre		Irre
genitive	Irrer		Irrer
dative	Irrer		Irren
accusative	Irre		Irre
	weak declension
nominative	die	Irre	die	Irren
genitive	der	Irren	der	Irren
dative	der	Irren	den	Irren
accusative	die	Irre	die	Irren
	mixed declension
nominative	eine	Irre	(keine)	Irren
genitive	einer	Irren	(keiner)	Irren
dative	einer	Irren	(keinen)	Irren
accusative	eine	Irre	(keine)	Irren

Noun

Irre m

1. inflection of Irrer:
   1. strong nominative/accusative plural
   2. weak nominative singular