verweigern
\fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn\
The verdict
“verweigern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Refuser, se montrer réticent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verweigern · verweigern · French
verweigern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verweigern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verweigern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯ɡɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verweigern, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verweigern, spelled V-E-R-W-E-I-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Refuser, se montrer réticent.
- 2Désobéir.
- 3Refuser d'interagir, d'accepter.
- 4se refuser sexuellement à quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verweigern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ohne Durchsuchungsbefehl verweigere ich ihnen den Zutritt zu meinem Haus.
Selbst nach 18 stündigem Verhör verweigerte Herr Bleibein jede Aussage.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.