Originally (17th century) a juridical term meaning “legally incapable”, in which mund- is the now obsolete word Middle High German munt (“protection, guardianship”), from Old High German munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō. Later reanalyzed as Mund (“mouth”) + tot (“dead”) and semantically reinterpreted accordingly.
mundtot (strong nominative masculine singular mundtoter, comparative mundtoter, superlative am mundtotesten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist mundtot | sie ist mundtot | es ist mundtot | sie sind mundtot | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | mundtoter | mundtote | mundtotes | mundtote |
genitive | mundtoten | mundtoter | mundtoten | mundtoter | |
dative | mundtotem | mundtoter | mundtotem | mundtoten | |
accusative | mundtoten | mundtote | mundtotes | mundtote | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der mundtote | die mundtote | das mundtote | die mundtoten |
genitive | des mundtoten | der mundtoten | des mundtoten | der mundtoten | |
dative | dem mundtoten | der mundtoten | dem mundtoten | den mundtoten | |
accusative | den mundtoten | die mundtote | das mundtote | die mundtoten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein mundtoter | eine mundtote | ein mundtotes | (keine) mundtoten |
genitive | eines mundtoten | einer mundtoten | eines mundtoten | (keiner) mundtoten | |
dative | einem mundtoten | einer mundtoten | einem mundtoten | (keinen) mundtoten | |
accusative | einen mundtoten | eine mundtote | ein mundtotes | (keine) mundtoten |