onttoveren
Dutch
Etymology
Equivalent to ont- (“dis”) + toveren (“to perform magic, enchant”). The sociological definition is a Calque of German entzauberen (“to disenchant”), which was used by the sociologist Max Weber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈtoː.və.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ont‧to‧ve‧ren
Verb
onttoveren
- (transitive) to disenchant, to remove magic
- (transitive, sociology) to disenchant, the process of cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion.
Inflection
| Inflection of onttoveren (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | onttoveren | |||
| past singular | onttoverde | |||
| past participle | onttoverd | |||
| infinitive | onttoveren | |||
| gerund | onttoveren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | onttover | onttoverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | onttovert | onttoverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | onttovert | onttoverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | onttovert | onttoverde | ||
| 3rd person singular | onttovert | onttoverde | ||
| plural | onttoveren | onttoverden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | onttovere | onttoverde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | onttoveren | onttoverden | ||
| imperative sing. | onttover | |||
| imperative plur.1 | onttovert | |||
| participles | onttoverend | onttoverd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||