irreführen

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German

Etymology

irre +‎ führen

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Verb

irreführen (weak, third-person singular present führt irre, past tense führte irre, past participle irregeführt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to mislead
  2. to misguide
    • 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das Torfgespenst, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 17:
      An den Torfstichen ist es zu manchen Zeiten gar nicht ganz geheuer. In dunklen Nächten huschen hier gespenstische bläuliche Lichter hin und her, die schon manchen Wanderer erschreckt und irregeführt haben.
      At the peat banks it is uncanny at some times. Here, in dark nights, ghostly bluish lights scurry to and fro, who already scared and misguided many a walker.

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