entmündigen
German, verb[ɛntˈmʏndɪɡn̩]
entmündigen is spelled E-N-T-M-Ü-N-D-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entmündigen is a German verb meaning “to place someone under legal guardianship (thereby removing the individual's contractual capacity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem die Geschäftsfähigkeit entziehen, jemanden unter Vormundschaft stellen”.
What does entmündigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to place someone under legal guardianship (thereby removing the individual's contractual capacity)
- 2
to disenfranchise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem die Geschäftsfähigkeit entziehen, jemanden unter Vormundschaft stellen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entmündigen
- entmündigt present singular third-person
- entmündigte past
- haben auxiliary
- entmündigend participle present
- entmündige first-person indicative present
- entmündigst indicative present second-person
- entmündigest second-person singular subjunctive
- entmündiget plural second-person subjunctive
- entmündigten first-person indicative plural
- entmündigtest indicative preterite second-person
- entmündigtet indicative plural preterite
- entmündig imperative second-person singular
- habe entmündigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben entmündigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- entmündig! imperative singular
- entmündige! imperative singular
- entmündigt! imperative plural
- entmündigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entmündigen?
- [ɛntˈmʏndɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entmündigen in German?
entmündigen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).