irren

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

irren c

  1. definite singular of ir

German[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German irren, from Old High German irren, from Proto-West Germanic *irʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

Verb[edit]

irren (weak, third-person singular present irrt, past tense irrte, past participle geirrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wander
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old High German irrōn.

Verb[edit]

irren (weak, third-person singular present irrt, past tense irrte, past participle geirrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to err, to be wrong, to be mistaken
    Du irrst dich, Naomi und ich haben uns nur unterhalten.
    You are wrong, Naomi and I were only talking.
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Further reading[edit]

  • irren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • irren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • irren” in Duden online
  • irren” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “irren”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

Verb[edit]

irren

  1. (transitive) to wander

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: irren