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sich verirren (v.r.)  to get lost, lose one's way; go astray (fig.); stray (animal)
verirrt (adj.)  stray (animal)

Eine verirrte Kuh in Stuttgart hat 16 Stunden lang Polizisten auf Trab gehalten.
A stray cow in Stuttgart kept the police busy for 16 hours.

Related: die Verirrung losing one's way; aberration, (sich) irren wander, stray, roam; be wrong, irreführend misleading, jdn in die Irre führen to lead s.o. astray

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