verweigern

/[fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,293

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

verweigern is aGermanverb. It means: etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]. It ranks #9,293 in German word frequency. Often confused with verweisen and verweilen.

Key facts for verweigern
PropertyValue
Headwordverweigern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,293
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verweigern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verweigern is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,293 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for verweigern, with forms such as "evrweigern", "verewigern", and "verrweigern". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "verweisen", "verweilen", "verweigert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verweigern, spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-G-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen
  2. 2
    den Wehrdienst nicht leisten
  3. 3
    sexuelle Handlungen ablehnen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrweigern,verewigern,verrweigern,verwegiern,verweiegrn,verweigenr,verweigernn,verweigerrn,verweiggern,verweigren,verwiegern,verwweigern,vewreigern,vreweigern,vverweigern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verweigern

Misspelling Variants of "verweigern"

evrweigern10verewigern10verrweigern11verwegiern10verweiegrn10verweigenr10verweigernn11verweigerrn11
Misspelling Variants of "verweigern"

Frequency rank: #9,293 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verweigern"?
"verweigern" is spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-G-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn].
What does "verweigern" mean?
As a verb, "verweigern" means: etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen
What words are commonly confused with "verweigern"?
"verweigern" is commonly confused with "verweisen", "verweilen", "verweigert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verweigern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verweigern" is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verweigern" come from?
"verweigern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.