wonder – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of wonder

Noun: wonder
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:
Sg.wonder
Pl.wonderen

Sample Sentences

  • De genezing van de zieke werd beschouwd als een groot wonder. (The healing of the sick was considered a great miracle.)
  • Volgens de legende gebeurden er vele wonderen tijdens zijn leven. (According to the legend, many miracles happened during his lifetime.)
  • Het onverklaarbare fenomeen werd toegeschreven aan een bovennatuurlijk wonder. (The unexplainable phenomenon was attributed to a supernatural miracle.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wonder, wunder, from Old Dutch wunder, from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Compare Low German wunder, wunner, German Wunder, West Frisian wonder, wûnder, English wonder, Danish under. See: German Nouns 'Wunder', English Nouns 'wonder', Danish Nouns 'under'.

Verbs referencing "wonder"

English Nouns wonder, German Nouns Wunder.

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