weigern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German weigeren, from Old High German weigarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *waigrōn (“to be stubborn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvaiɡɐn] === Verb === weigern (weak, third-person singular present weigert, past tense weigerte, past participle geweigert, auxiliary haben) (reflexive) to refuse [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] Synonym: ablehnen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Weigern Weigerer Weigerung verweigern === Further reading === “weigern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “weigern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “weigern” in Duden online “weigern” in OpenThesaurus.de