mündig
German, adjective/ˈmʏndɪç/
mündig is spelled M-Ü-N-D-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mündig is a German adjective meaning “legally capable; mature; of age and not incapacitated; able to take independent legal and political decisions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erwachsen im rechtlichen Sinne”.
What does mündig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
legally capable; mature; of age and not incapacitated; able to take independent legal and political decisions
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. erwachsen im rechtlichen Sinne 2. aufgrund seines Alters fähig, bestimmte Entscheidungen zu treffen
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 mündig
- mündiger masculine nominative singular
- am mündigsten superlative
- mündige feminine nominative singular
- mündiges neuter nominative singular
- mündigen genitive masculine singular
- mündigem dative masculine singular
- der mündige definite includes-article masculine
- die mündige definite feminine includes-article
- das mündige definite includes-article neuter
- die mündigen definite includes-article nominative
- des mündigen definite genitive includes-article
- der mündigen definite feminine genitive
- dem mündigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mündig?
- /ˈmʏndɪç/
- [ˈmʏndɪç]
- [ˈmʏndɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mündig in German?
mündig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).