Wunder

See also: wunder and wûnder

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wunder, wunter, from Old High German wuntar, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Compare German Low German Wunder, Wunner, Dutch wonder, English wonder, Danish under.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvʊndəʁ/, [ˈvʊndɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Wun‧der
• Rhymes: -ʊndɐ

Noun

Wunder n (strong, genitive Wunders, plural Wunder)

1. miracle

   die Wunder Jesu Christi ― the miracles of Jesus Christ

2. wonder

Declension

Declension of Wunder [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wunder	die	Wunder
genitive	eines	des	Wunders	der	Wunder
dative	einem	dem	Wunder	den	Wundern
accusative	ein	das	Wunder	die	Wunder

Synonyms

• Mirakel

Derived terms

• kein Wunder

Related terms

• bewundern
• Weltwunder
• wunderbar
• Wunderheiler
• Wunderheilung
• Wunderkind
• Wunderland
• wunderlich
• Wundermittel
• wundern
• wundersam
• wunderschön
• wundervoll
• Wunderwaffe

 

Further reading

• “Wunder” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wunder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Wunder” in Duden online
• Wunder on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

• Wunner

Etymology

From Old Frisian wunder, wonder, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. More at wonder.

Noun

Wunder n

1. wonder; miracle

Derived terms

• wunderboar
• wunderelk
• wunderje