onttoveren

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɔntˈtoː.və.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ont‧to‧ve‧ren

Verb

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onttoveren

  1. (transitive) to disenchant, to remove magic
  2. (transitive, sociology) to disenchant, the process of cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion

Conjugation

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Conjugation 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, onttover2 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. 2) In case of inversion.