irren
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See also: Irren
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]irren c
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]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)
- to wander
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | irren | ||||
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present participle | irrend | ||||
past participle | geirrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich irre | wir irren | i | ich irre | wir irren |
du irrst | ihr irrt | du irrest | ihr irret | ||
er irrt | sie irren | er irre | sie irren | ||
preterite | ich irrte | wir irrten | ii | ich irrte1 | wir irrten1 |
du irrtest | ihr irrtet | du irrtest1 | ihr irrtet1 | ||
er irrte | sie irrten | er irrte1 | sie irrten1 | ||
imperative | irr (du) irre (du) |
irrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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)
- (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.
- (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!
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | irren | ||||
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present participle | irrend | ||||
past participle | geirrt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich irre | wir irren | i | ich irre | wir irren |
du irrst | ihr irrt | du irrest | ihr irret | ||
er irrt | sie irren | er irre | sie irren | ||
preterite | ich irrte | wir irrten | ii | ich irrte1 | wir irrten1 |
du irrtest | ihr irrtet | du irrtest1 | ihr irrtet1 | ||
er irrte | sie irrten | er irrte1 | sie irrten1 | ||
imperative | irr (du) irre (du) |
irrt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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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
- (transitive) to wander
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of irren (weak class 1)
infinitive | irren | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | irru | irta |
2nd person singular | irris, irrist | irtōs, irrtōst |
3rd person singular | irrit | irta |
1st person plural | irrem, irremēs | irtum, irtumēs |
2nd person plural | irret | irtut |
3rd person plural | irrent | irtun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | irre | irti |
2nd person singular | irrēs, irrēst | irtīs, irtīst |
3rd person singular | irre | irti |
1st person plural | irrēm, irrēn, irremēs | irtīm, irtīn, irtīmēs |
2nd person plural | irrēt | irtīt |
3rd person plural | irrēn | irtīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | irri | |
plural | irret | |
participle | present | past |
irrenti | girrit |
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