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German
Etymology
From Middle High German mündec, derived from munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō. Compare Vormund, mundtot.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mündig (strong nominative masculine singular mündiger, comparative mündiger, superlative am mündigsten)
- legally capable; mature; of age and not incapacitated; able to take independent legal and political decisions
- Synonym: volljährig
- Antonym: unmündig
- 1914, Erich Mühsam, Idealistisches Manifest, in: Alarm. Manifeste aus 20 Jahren, Der Syndikalist, page 52:
Die Jugend, der Nachwuchs, die kommende Generation hat sich mündig erklärt. Das Alter ist nicht berechtigt, mit seinen überlebten, verknöcherten Prinzipien daran zu rütteln.- The youth, the offspring, the coming generation declared itself of age. The aged are not entitled, with their outdated, ossified principles, to question it.
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Further reading
- “mündig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “mündig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “mündig” in Duden online