entmündigen

German

Etymology

ent- +‎ mündig +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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Verb

entmündigen (weak, third-person singular present entmündigt, past tense entmündigte, past participle entmündigt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. to place someone under legal guardianship (thereby removing the individual's contractual capacity)
  2. (also figuratively) to disenfranchise

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