irren

See also: Irren

Danish

Noun

irren c

  1. definite singular of ir

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪʁən/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to wander
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old High German irrōn.

Verb

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.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

Verb

irren

  1. (transitive) to wander

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle High German: irren
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