irren

irren c

1. definite singular of ir

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪʁən/

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

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

1. to wander

From Old High German irrōn.

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

1. (reflexive, sometimes intransitive) 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.

   • 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 3. Akt, 4. Auftritt; republished as R. D. Boylan, transl., (Please provide a date or year):

     Noch einmal, Sire, das Volk / Kann irren – und es irrt gewiß.

     The people, sire, are liable to err, / Nay err assuredly.

2. (transitive, archaic) to mislead
   • 1787, Friedrich Schiller, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien, 5. Akt, 3. Auftritt; republished as R. D. Boylan, transl., (Please provide a date or year):

     Wenn ich den König irrte? Wenn es mir / Gelänge, selbst der Schuldige zu scheinen?

     Could I mislead the king! Could I succeed / In making him think me the criminal!

• “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

From Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

irren

1. (transitive) to wander

• irrōn

• Middle High German: irren
  • German: irren