err
To make a mistakeTo make a mistake.
» To err is human.
Irren ist menschlich.
Ошибаться свойственно человеку.
Человеку свойственно ошибаться.
Помилятися властиво людині.
Людині властиво помилятися.
Meaning
3 senses(formal, intransitive)To make a mistake.
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
irren, sich irren, Fehler machen
ошиба́тьсяošibátʹsja, ошиби́тьсяošibítʹsja, допуска́ть оши́бкуdopuskátʹ ošíbku
помиля́тисяpomyljátysja, помили́тисяpomylýtysja
to make a mistake or be incorrect
(intransitive)To sin.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
(archaic)To stray.
Examples
57 sentencesTo err is human.
Помилятися властиво людині.
ruОшибаться свойственно человеку.
deIrren ist menschlich.
They say to err is human.
I decided to err on the side of caution and made thirty copies.
Better to err on the side of caution.
To err is to be human.
Людині властиво помилятися.
deMensch sein heißt irren.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin eFrom Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”).
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Forms
errs, erring, erred, erredSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle