mündig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mündec, derived from munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō. Compare Vormund, mundtot.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmʏndɪç/
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Adjective

mündig (strong nominative masculine singular mündiger, comparative mündiger, superlative am mündigsten)

  1. 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 The aged are not entitled, with their outdated, ossified principles, to question it.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “mündig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “mündig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “mündig” in Duden online
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