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zumuten

to expect (someone) to put up with, to subject (someone) to

verb Rare #44,503
to expect (someone) to put up with, to subject (someone) to Often used when something is difficult or unpleasant.
GE: Das kann ich dir nicht zumuten.
EN: I can't expect you to put up with that.

Unter den jetzigen Umständen wollte ich mir diese Reise nicht zumuten.

Under the circumstances, I didn't want to put myself through this trip.

Das können wir Ihnen nicht zumuten.

We can't ask that of you.

— In The Mood For Love (2000)

Würde ich mir so etwas zumuten, und meiner Tochter, wenn es nicht sein müsste?

Would I put myself and my daughter through something like this if I didn’t have to?

— Never Look Away (2018)

Das hat mich weich gemacht, das kann man einem Pferd zumuten, mir nicht.

That softened me up. You can put a horse through that, but not me.

— Fitzcarraldo (1982)