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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
Adjective
wunderlich (strong nominative masculine singular wunderlicher, comparative wunderlicher, superlative am wunderlichsten)
- quaint, bizarre, strange
1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 7, in Die Wahlverwandschaften, 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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