# zerstreut

zerstreut is a German adjective meaning “distracted”. Forms: zerstreuter, am zerstreutesten.

## Forms

- Comparative: zerstreuter
- Superlative: am zerstreutesten

## In other languages

- Русский: разбросанный, распылённый, рассеянный

## Meanings

1. distracted, absent-minded

## Examples

- Er ist zerstreut. — He is distracted.
- Eigentlich wollte ich schreiben, aber es gelang mir nicht, meine Gedanken zerstreuten sich. — I really wanted to write, but I couldn't manage to get my scattered thoughts down.
- Zeitungen lagen überall auf dem Fußboden zerstreut. — Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.
- Es heißt, du seiest zerstreut. — They tell me that you're absent-minded.
- Tom ist zerstreut geworden. — Tom has become absent-minded.

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