Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to err
Participle: erred
Gerund: erring
Indicative
Present
| I | err |
| you | err |
| he;she;it | errs |
| we | err |
| you | err |
| they | err |
Perfect
| I | have erred |
| you | have erred |
| he;she;it | has erred |
| we | have erred |
| you | have erred |
| they | have erred |
Past
| I | erred |
| you | erred |
| he;she;it | erred |
| we | erred |
| you | erred |
| they | erred |
Pluperfect
| I | had erred |
| you | had erred |
| he;she;it | had erred |
| we | had erred |
| you | had erred |
| they | had erred |
Future
| I | will err |
| you | will err |
| he;she;it | will err |
| we | will err |
| you | will err |
| they | will err |
Future Perfect
| I | will have erred |
| you | will have erred |
| he;she;it | will have erred |
| we | will have erred |
| you | will have erred |
| they | will have erred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | err |
| you | err |
| he;she;it | err |
| we | err |
| you | err |
| they | err |
Perfect
| I | have erred |
| you | have erred |
| he;she;it | have erred |
| we | have erred |
| you | have erred |
| they | have erred |
Imperfect
| I | erred |
| you | erred |
| he;she;it | erred |
| we | erred |
| you | erred |
| they | erred |
Pluperfect
| I | had erred |
| you | had erred |
| he;she;it | had erred |
| we | had erred |
| you | had erred |
| they | had erred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would err |
| you | would err |
| he;she;it | would err |
| we | would err |
| you | would err |
| they | would err |
Perfect
| I | would have erred |
| you | would have erred |
| he;she;it | would have erred |
| we | would have erred |
| you | would have erred |
| they | would have erred |
Imperative
| you | err |
| we | Let's err |
| you | err |
Verbs conjugated like 'err'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'err'
arr,
ear,
er,
ere,
erg,
ern,
ert,
3rd,
aberr,
air,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From 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”). See: Old French '
errer', Latin '
errō', Old English '
iersian'.
Verbs referencing "err"
Esperanto
erari.
Sample Sentences
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He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
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Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model. [1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:]
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Gorbachev’s phrase, “fear to err,” is strikingly reminiscent of President Roosevelt’s phrase, “nothing to fear but fear itself.” [1989, L[eften] S[tavros] Stavrianos, Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 211:]
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To err is human, to forgive, divine.