irren

B2 Verb frequency rank #4,187

What irren means

Verb

to err, to be wrong, to be mistaken
to wander (to move around aimlessly, being unable to find where one wants to go)

Forms

irren · irrt · irrte · ist geirrt | irren · irrt · irrte · hat geirrt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

irren in a sentence

Sie irrten stundenlang durch die dunklen Straßen.

They wandered through the dark streets for hours.

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irren is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #4,187 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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