wunderlich

See also: Wunderlich

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wunderlich, wonderlich, from Old High German wuntarlīh, from Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz, equivalent to Wunder + -lich. Cognate with English wonderly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊndɐlɪç/
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Adjective

wunderlich (strong nominative masculine singular wunderlicher, comparative wunderlicher, superlative am wunderlichsten)

  1. quaint, bizarre, strange
    • 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 7, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities], part 1:
      Auf eine Klippe vorwärts tretend, sahen sie das alte, schwarze, wunderliche Holzgebäude im Grunde vor sich, von steilen Felsen sowie von hohen Bäumen umschattet.
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