afdwalen

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to wander off, to go astray
2. (figuratively, intransitive) to meander, to lose attention

Concepts

stray

wander

deviate

digress

get lost

lose one’s way

wander from one’s subject

divagate

ramble

stray from one’s subject

stray off

Synonyms

afwijken

verdwalen

zich laten afleiden

aberreren

opzijgaan

verdolen

Translations

abkommen

abschweifen

sich verirren

verirren

vom Thema abkommen

ausschweifen

verfahren

dévier

égarer

s'écarter

divagare

desviar

divagar

apresentar aberração

desviarse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑfdʋaːlə(n)/

Etymology

From af + dwalen.