verweigern
German, verb
verweigern is spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-G-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verweigern is a German verb meaning “to refuse, to deny [with accusative ‘’] and [with dative ‘’] (often as the necessary requirements have not been met)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verweigern is a different word: “gerund of verweigern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen”.
What does verweigern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refuse, to deny [with accusative ‘’] and [with dative ‘’] (often as the necessary requirements have not been met)
Sie haben das Recht, jede Aussage zu verweigern.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verweigern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas nicht zulassen; eine starrsinnige Haltung einnehmen 2. den Wehrdienst nicht leisten 3. sexuelle Handlungen ablehnen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verweigern
- verweigert present singular third-person
- verweigerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verweigernd participle present
- verweigre first-person indicative present
- verweigere first-person indicative present
- verweiger first-person indicative present
- verweigerst indicative present second-person
- verweigerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verweigrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verweigeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verweigret plural second-person subjunctive
- verweigerten first-person indicative plural
- verweigertest indicative preterite second-person
- verweigertet indicative plural preterite
- verweigere! imperative singular
- verweiger! imperative singular
- verweigert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verweigern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verweigern in German?
verweigern appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).