wunderschön
German
Etymology
Wunder (“wonder”) + schön (“beautiful”). Akin to Dutch wonderschoon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wun‧der‧schön
- Rhymes: -øːn
Adjective
wunderschön (strong nominative masculine singular wunderschöner, comparative wunderschöner, superlative am wunderschönsten)
- gorgeous, very beautiful
- Synonyms: ästhetisch, bildschön, formvollendet, makellos, wunderbar, wundervoll
- Antonym: hässlich
- 1822-1823, Heinrich Heine, Lyrisches Intermezzo
- Im wundershönen Monat Mai
- In the beautiful month of May
Declension
Positive forms of wunderschön
Comparative forms of wunderschön
Superlative forms of wunderschön
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “wunderschön” in Duden online
- “wunderschön” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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