Vormund
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vormunde, from Old High German foramunto, a compound of fora (“before, in front of”, whence German vor) + munt (“hand; protection; guardianship”). In contemporary understanding it is usually reanalysed as vor + Mund (“mouth”, unrelated with the former word), thus “who speaks for someone before they can speak for themselves”; thence also the plural Vormünder.
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Noun edit
Vormund m (strong, genitive Vormundes or Vormunds, plural Vormünder or Vormunde)
- legal guardian
Declension edit
Declension of Vormund [masculine, strong]
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Further reading edit
- “Vormund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache