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irren.

to wander (to move around aimlessly, being unable to find where one wants to go)

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Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɪʁən/
  1. to wander (to move around aimlessly, being unable to find where one wants to go)

    intransitive · weak
    Wir sind eine Stunde durch die Stadt geirrt, weil wir das Hotel nicht gefunden haben.
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈɪʁən/
  1. to err, to be wrong, to be mistaken

    intransitive · reflexive · sometimes · weak
    Du irrst dich, Naomi und ich haben uns nur unterhalten.
  2. to mislead

    archaic · transitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Old High German irrōn.

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