No. 915 in Afrikaans

geweier

"Geweier" means "refused" or "declined."

In a sentence

Ek het hom gevra om te help, maar hy het geweier.
I asked him to help, but he refused.
Here, 'geweier' is used as the past participle of the verb 'weier', meaning 'to refuse'.
Die masjien het skielik geweier om aan te gaan.
The machine suddenly refused to continue operating.
In this context, 'geweier' is used metaphorically for the idea of 'not functioning properly'.
Die ou man het geweier om sy huis te verlaat.
The old man refused to leave his house.
Again, 'geweier' functions as the past participle of 'weier', indicating a conscious decision not to do an action.

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