No. 4,392 in German
geweigert
"Geweigert" means "refused" in English.
In a sentence
Er hat sich geweigert, das Dokument zu unterschreiben.
He refused to sign the document.
The word 'geweigert' is used as the past participle of 'weigern' within a reflexive verb form 'sich weigern', which means 'to refuse'.
Die Firma hat geweigert, zusätzliche Kosten zu übernehmen.
The company refused to bear additional costs.
In this instance, 'geweigert' functions in a non-reflexive verb form to indicate refusal by the company.
Wir haben uns geweigert, unter diesen Bedingungen zu arbeiten.
We refused to work under these conditions.
Here, the word 'geweigert' is part of a reflexive verb form, demonstrating refusal by the subject 'we'.
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