No. 4,114 in German
abzulenken
"Abzulenken" means "to distract."
In a sentence
Es ist schwierig, Menschen von ihren Sorgen abzulenken.
It is difficult to distract people from their worries.
In this sentence, 'abzulenken' is used with a motion verb in the infinitive form to express the act of diverting people from their worries.
Die Unterhaltung war so spannend, dass sie ihn völlig abgelenkt hat.
The conversation was so exciting that it completely distracted him.
Here, 'abgelenkt' is the past participle form of 'ablenken,' showing a past action that led to distraction.
Er versucht immer, die Klasse abzulenken, wenn er sich langweilt.
He always tries to distract the class when he is bored.
In this example, 'abzulenken' illustrates an attempt to divert the attention of the class from their task.
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