wirren

See also: Wirren

German

Etymology 1

Adjective

wirren

1. inflection of wirr:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German wërren, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German werran, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *werraną, *werzaną (“to confuse, muddle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to grind, drag, haul, pull, tug; whet, hone, polish”). Cognate with Middle Low German werren (“to confuse, cause discord”), Dutch warren (“to confuse”). Related to English war.

Verb

1. to whirl around (move chaotically)

Synonyms

• irren
• schwirren
• wuseln

Derived terms

• durchwirren
• verwirren
• entwirren

Further reading

• “wirren” in Duden online