wonder
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą.
Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”).
The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra.
Via PIE cognate with English wish (see more).
Inflected forms:
form: wonders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wondre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wonders
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wondering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: wonderest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: wonderedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: wonders
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wondereth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: wonder
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: wondering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wondered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wondre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: And they knew that it was hee which ſate for almes at the beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened vnto him.
All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
Socrates: I see, my dear Theaetetus, that Theodorus had a true insight into your nature when he said that you were a philosopher, for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. He was not a bad genealogist who said that Iris (the messenger of heaven) is the child of Thaumas (wonder).
Stuff your eyes with wonder […]live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That stay in the country did her wonders.
It's a wonder no-one saw me.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The idea was so ridiculous that it's a wonder anyone went along with it.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Given the limited resources, he's really performed wonders.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He's a wonder at cooking.
gloss: Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
sarcastic
uncountable
examples: So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.
Well, I wanted to tell the brainless wonder what I thought of him.
'Where is the cheating dickless wonder?'
Well, the chinless wonder in question broke out through a snatch squad and evaded capture as neatly as any field op in the Network.
gloss: A mental pondering, a thought.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
informal
examples: Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.
gloss: A kind of donut; a cruller.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
gloss: To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He's married by now, I shouldn't wonder.
[…]I could not ſufficiently wonder at the Intrepidity of theſe diminutive Mortals,[…]
Some had read the manuſcript, and rectified its inaccuracies; others had ſeen it in a ſtate ſo imperfect, that they could not forbear to wonder at its preſent excellence; […]
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
gloss: To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: He wondered whether penguins could fly. She had wondered this herself sometimes.
Has Jay gone fishing, I wonder?
I was wondering what time the film was starting.
I wonder in my Soule / What you would aske me, that I ſhould deny[…]
Topping it all off, The National Alliance is an expensive, professionally-produced newspaper that is distributed for free all over the place. One wonders: Where does their money come from? Who is supporting them?
Derived words: 1der
90-day wonder
ninety-day wonder
armless wonder
bird of wonder
boy wonder
chinless wonder
girl wonder
golden wonder killifish
go wonder
gutless wonder
little wonder
nine days wonder
nine-day wonder
nine day wonder
nine days' wonder
no-hit wonder
no wonder
on a wonder
one hit wonder
one-hit wonder
seven-day wonder
small wonder
tiny wonder
two-hit wonder
witless wonder
wonder-bearing
wonderbeast
wonder-beast
wonderberry
wonderbird
wonderbook
wonderboy
wonderbra
wonderchild
wonder drug
wonderdrug
wonderfool
wonderfuck
wonderful
wonder-glow
wonderglow
wonder glow
wonderhood
wonderland
wonderly
wonderment
wonder of the world
wonder of wonders
wondershine
wonder-ship
wondership
wondersong
wonder-striking
wondertard
Wonder Woman
wonderworker
wonderworld
wondrous
wonderous
work wonders
bewonder
forwonder
just wondering
unwonder
wonderer
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: thagmë
lang: Arabic
word: عَجَب
roman: ʕajab
lang: Armenian
word: հրաշք
roman: hraškʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təəccüb
lang: Belarusian
word: цуд
roman: cud
lang: Belarusian
word: дзі́ва
roman: dzíva
lang: Bulgarian
word: чу́до
roman: čúdo
lang: Catalan
word: meravella
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 奇跡 /奇迹
roman: qíjī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 奧妙 /奥妙
roman: àomiào
lang: Czech
word: div
lang: Czech
word: zázrak
lang: Danish
word: vidunder
lang: Danish
word: under
lang: Danish
word: mirakel
lang: Dutch
word: wonder
lang: Dyirbal
word: (Jirribal) mali?
lang: Esperanto
word: mirindaĵo
lang: Estonian
word: ime
lang: Faroese
word: undur
lang: Finnish
word: ihme
lang: French
word: merveille
lang: West-Frisian
word: wûnder
lang: Galician
word: marabilla
lang: German
word: Wunder
lang: German
word: Mirakel
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌹
roman: fauratani
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺
roman: sildaleik
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃
roman: taikns
lang: Greek
word: θαύμα
roman: thávma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θαῦμα
roman: thaûma
lang: Hawaiian
word: kāhāhā
lang: Hebrew
word: פֶּלֶא
roman: pele
lang: Hindi
word: आश्चर्य
roman: āścarya
lang: Hungarian
word: csoda
lang: Icelandic
word: undur
lang: Irish
word: ionadh
lang: Irish
word: iontas
lang: Italian
word: meraviglia
lang: Japanese
word: 驚異
roman: kyōi
lang: Khmer
word: អច្ឆរិយវត្ថុ
roman: accʰa’re’ya’ voattʰo’
lang: Korean
word: 놀라움
roman: nollaum
lang: Korean
word: 경이
roman: gyeong'i
lang: Latin
word: mīrāculum
lang: Latin
word: mīrābilis
lang: Lithuanian
word: stebuklas
lang: Low German
word: Wunner
lang: Low German
word: Mirakel
lang: Macedonian
word: чудо
roman: čudo
lang: Malagasy
word: fahagagana
lang: Malayalam
word: വിസ്മയം
roman: vismayaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: അത്ഭുതം
roman: atbhutaṁ
lang: Manx
word: yindys
lang: Māori
word: autaia
lang: Mirandese
word: marabilha
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: under
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: underverk
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vidunder
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: under
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: underverk
lang: Occitan
word: meravilha
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: дивъ
roman: divŭ
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: чоудо
roman: čudo
lang: Old English
word: wundor
lang: Persian
word: شگفتی
roman: šegefti
lang: Polish
word: cud
lang: Polish
word: dziw
lang: Portuguese
word: maravilha
lang: Romanian
word: minune
lang: Romanian
word: mirare
lang: Russian
word: чу́до
roman: čúdo
lang: Russian
word: ди́во
roman: dívo
lang: Northern Sami
word: imaš
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mìorbhail
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чудо
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čudo
lang: Slovak
word: div
lang: Slovak
word: zázrak
lang: Slovene
word: čudež
lang: Somali
word: yaab
lang: Spanish
word: maravilla
lang: Spanish
word: portento
lang: Swahili
word: maajabu
lang: Swedish
word: under
lang: Swedish
word: mirakel
lang: Tagalog
word: paghanga
lang: Tatar
word: могҗиза
roman: moğciza
lang: Turkish
word: harika
lang: Ukrainian
word: чу́до
roman: čúdo
lang: Ukrainian
word: ди́во
roman: dývo
lang: Venetan
word: maraveja