Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch weigeren, from Old Dutch *weigaron, *wēgaron, from Proto-West Germanic *waigrōn (to be stubborn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛi̯.ɣə.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wei‧ge‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯ɣərən

Verb edit

weigeren

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To refuse, to deny (not to allow).

Inflection edit

Inflection of weigeren (weak)
infinitive weigeren
past singular weigerde
past participle geweigerd
infinitive weigeren
gerund weigeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular weiger weigerde
2nd person sing. (jij) weigert weigerde
2nd person sing. (u) weigert weigerde
2nd person sing. (gij) weigert weigerde
3rd person singular weigert weigerde
plural weigeren weigerden
subjunctive sing.1 weigere weigerde
subjunctive plur.1 weigeren weigerden
imperative sing. weiger
imperative plur.1 weigert
participles weigerend geweigerd
1) Archaic.

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: weier
  • Negerhollands: weiger