verweigerte

Verweigerte is the simple past tense form (Präteritum) of the German verb verweigern, meaning to refuse, deny, or withhold. It denotes a completed act of refusing and is used in narrative or reporting. In Präteritum, forms include ich verweigerte, du verweigertest, er verweigerte, wir verweigerten, ihr verweigertet, sie verweigerten. The corresponding past participle is verweigert, which is used with haben to form the perfect tenses (ich habe verweigert, er hat verweigert).

As an attributive participle, verweigerte can function as an adjective describing something that was refused, for example “eine verweigerte Zustimmung” or “verweigerte Hilfe.” In this usage, it agrees with the noun in gender, case, and number.

Verweigerung is the noun for the act of refusing, while Verweigerer (male) and Verweigererin (female) refer to a person who refuses. The capitalized form Verweigerte is uncommon as a stand-alone noun, but may appear in headlines or stylistic uses to denote a refusing person in some contexts.

Origin: from the verb verweigern, formed with the prefix ver-. Related words include Verweigerung, Verweigerer, and Verweigerin.