gedankenverloren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pensive adj Deep in thought, often in a quiet or serious way.
- preoccupied adjective So absorbed in one's own thoughts or concerns that one pays little attention to anything else.
Senses
gedankenverloren is used for these senses in English:
- absent-mindedly (manner) Preoccupiedly; in an absent-minded manner. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- away with the fairies (idiomatic) Synonym of lost in thought; distracted or daydreaming.
- pensive Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
- pensive Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
- preoccupied Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. [from 19th c.]