verwehren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verwern, from Old High German firwerren, firwerien. Equivalent to ver- +‎ wehren. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fɛʁˈveːʁən] Hyphenation: ver‧weh‧ren === Verb === verwehren (weak, third-person singular present verwehrt, past tense verwehrte, past participle verwehrt, auxiliary haben) (ditransitive) to refuse, to deny sb. sth., to forbid, to not allow Der Türsteher verwehrte ihm den Eingang. ― The doorman refused him entry. Dem Bundesministerium ist es verwehrt, zu Einzelfällen Stellung zu nehmen. ― The Federal Ministry is not allowed to comment on individual cases. ==== Usage notes ==== Due to the semantic and phonetic similarity, verwehren is frequently confused with the verb verwahren in its sense of "to repudiate, reject; to protest, object, defend against", e.g. Ich *verwehre mich gegen diese Anschuldigungen. instead of Ich verwahre mich gegen diese Anschuldigungen. ("I object against these accusations.") ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verwehren, Verwehrer, Verwehrung verwehrend, verwehrt === Further reading === “verwehren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verwehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verwehren” in Duden online